The Rock Ditches His Support For Joe Rogan After N-Word Clips

Dwayne The Rock Johnson pulled his support for disgraced comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan after clips surfaced of the Joe Rogan Experience host repeatedly using a racial slur.

New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow brought the video compilation to Johnsons attention on Twitter , saying, Youre a hero to many people and using your platform to defend Joe Rogan, a guy that used and laughed about using the N word dozens of times, is a terrible use of your power.

Dear @TheRock,

You're a hero to many people and using your platform to defend Joe Rogan, a guy that used and laughed about using the N word dozens of times, is a terrible use of your power.

Have you actually listened to this man's many racist statements about Black people?

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Dear @TheRock ,

You're a hero to many people and using your platform to defend Joe Rogan, a guy that used and laughed about using the N word dozens of times, is a terrible use of your power.

Have you actually listened to this man's many racist statements about Black people?
Don Winslow (@donwinslow) February 4, 2022

Johnson responded by thanking Winslow.

I was not aware of his N word use prior to my comments, Johnson said , adding that the experience was a learning moment for me.

Dear @donwinslow
Thank you so much for this
I hear you as well as everyone here 100%
I was not aware of his N word use prior to my comments, but now I've become educated to his complete narrative.
Learning moment for me.

Mahalo, brother and have a great & productive weekend.
DJ https://t.co/3mBf85wRoe

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Dear @donwinslow
Thank you so much for this
I hear you as well as everyone here 100%
I was not aware of his N word use prior to my comments, but now I've become educated to his complete narrative.
Learning moment for me.

Mahalo, brother and have a great & productive weekend.
DJ https://t.co/3mBf85wRoe
Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) February 5, 2022

Johnson had previously expressed public support for Rogan after multiple musicians pulled their music from Spotify, which hosts Rogans podcast. Singer Neil Young and others were angry about COVID-19 misinformation broadcast on Rogans show.

In response to the controversy, Rogan shared a video on Instagram in which he defended his guests and apologized to those offended by his show.

Great stuff here brother, Johnson wrote in the comments of Rogans apology post. Perfectly articulated. Look forward to coming on one day and breaking out the tequila with you.

The video compilation of Rogan using the racial slur was shared on Instagram by Grammy-winning singer India.Arie in her explanation as to why she was pulling her music off Spotify. She noted that the podcast host shouldnt use the word under any context.

On Saturday, Rogan issued a video apology via Instagram for his derogatory statements, saying, Its a video thats made of clips taken out of context of me of 12 years of conversations on my podcast, and its all smooshed together, and it looks fucking horrible, even to me.

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