Joe Rogan, 54, addressed his recent controversies, including his anti-COVID vaccine rhetoric on his Spotify podcast, during a stand-up show in Austin, Texas on Feb.
8. The former actor and UFC commentator told the live audience he “talks shit for a living,” which is why he finds it “so baffling” that his listeners would rely on his opinions about the vaccines. “If you’re taking vaccine advice from me, is that really my fault?
What dumb shit were you about to do when my stupid idea sounded better?” Joe said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “‘You know that dude who made people people eat animal dicks on TV?
How does he feel about medicine?’ If you want my advice, don’t take my advice,” he added. Joe also addressed his controversial use of the N-word on his podcast. “I used to say it if [I was talking about] a Richard Pryor bit or something, I would say it in context,” he said at the stand-up show. “Somebody made a compilation of every time I said that word over 14 years and they put it on YouTube, and it turned out that was racist as f*ck.
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