The controversial Spotify host is not going to take part in ESPN's Saturday broadcast of UFC 271.
Joe Rogan is sitting out ESPN’s broadcast of UFC 271, however his hiatus isn’t anticipated to final for lengthy.
The embattled Spotify podcast host and UFC commentator is not going to cowl this weekend’s combined martial arts occasion on Saturday on the Toyota Middle in Houston, with the absence attributed to a scheduling battle, however he will likely be again for the following pay-per-view UFC occasion, The Hollywood Reporter has discovered.
Boxer and YouTuber Jake Paul was amongst these reacting to Rogan’s absence from the bout between fighters Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker. In a tweet despatched Friday, Paul criticized UFC president Dana White and Disney CEO Bob Chapek whereas defending Rogan. “So ESPN and Disney pull Joe Rogan from the UFC broadcast however stand behind Dana White who calls reporters douche luggage, says a feminine fighter appears like a male fighter in gown and heels, and claims mind harm is a part of the gig? You pulled the improper man Mr. Chapek,” Paul wrote.
Representatives for ESPN and UFC declined to remark.
Rogan has been the topic of quite a few latest headlines after Neil Younger and different musicians requested Spotify to drag their music in response to the favored podcast host having unfold misinformation concerning the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Concern Issue alum has additionally been within the highlight resulting from lately resurfaced clips of him beforehand utilizing the n-word.
Rogan responded to the resurfaced clips by apologizing in a video posted to Instagram and saying that the footage of himself “appears fucking horrible, even to me.” Throughout his Tuesday podcast episode, Rogan referred to the media scrutiny of his remarks as “a political hit job.”
In a letter from Spotify CEO Daniel Ek despatched to employees earlier this month, the exec acknowledged Rogan’s feedback as “extremely hurtful” however maintained that the podcaster would stay on the platform.