The long-tenured UFC color commentator Joe Rogan recently opened up on the alarming N-word controversy. He was spotted saying the “N word” in a compilation video clip that had gone viral.
Rogan saw brutal backlash when the video surfaced. The popular podcaster was heavily criticized after the release of the video, with many people demanding the removal of his popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, from Spotify.
Joe Rogan opens up on the controversy
In a recent interview with Lex Fridman, Rogan discussed the positive side of the N-word controversy. The UFC commentator claimed to have gained a whopping 2 million subscribers to his podcast following the backlash. Additionally, Rogan also admitted that the controversy gave him an opportunity to reflect on his past and apologize for the mistakes he had committed.
Rogan shared his side of the matter explaining how the controversy benefitted him, Rogan said:
“I gained 2 million subscribers during that time… [The podcast] just kept growing and growing. It had never been bigger than it had been like at the end of all of it. It just made it bigger.”
The UFC color commentator further continued:
“If you have f***ed in the past or made mistakes or done something wrong, that gives you an opportunity to discuss those things and… to apologize if you feel the need to apologize, and also to just address it. And so people under that kind of pressure…it’s an opportunity for them to understand how you think about things…I mean it’s horrible to say it’s a benefit, that it’s a good thing that it happened. But it was a benefit.”
You can check out the interview below:
