Joe Rogan has slammed calls to cancel him after he became embroiled in controversy regarding discussions he had with doctors on his podcast about the Covid-19 vaccine as well as his use of the n-word.

In the most recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience on Tuesday, the 54-year-old podcaster blasted the "judgmental, unforgiving f***s" who tried to get his show taken off Spotify.

"This is a political hit job," he said repeatedly, per the New York Post.

"They're taking all this stuff that I’ve ever said that's wrong and smooshing it all together," he said, in reference to the video montage of him saying the n-word, which went viral recently.

Rogan had taken to Instagram over the weekend to apologize for his previous use of the slur while drawing attention to the fact that the clips were taken out of context and that he "never used it to be racist."

"I'm making this video to talk about the most regretful and shameful thing that I’ve ever had to talk about publicly," he said at the time.

"There's a video that's out, that’s a compilation of me saying the n-word. It's a video that’s made of clips taken out of context of me of 12 years of conversations on my podcast, and it's all smushed together, and it looks f****** horrible, even to me."

During his podcast, he took aim at those who "like to dig up old things that you said" to "get you in trouble" like it's "a game."

"It’s not productive. Like, if you’re spending all your time trying to attack a person versus trying to better yourself, you’re not gonna do as well. You’re wasting time. … That’s why they’re not successful. It’s like it’s literally poison for yourself," he said.

Last month, artists including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell decided to remove their music from Spotify, accusing the platform of spreading misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine.

This was regarding an episode in which Rogan interviewed Robert Malone, a scientist who claims people are being "hypnotized" into following Covid-19 guidelines due to "mass formation psychosis."

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Joe Rogan may be best known to many for being a commentator for the UFC, but he can also handle himself when it comes to throwing down.

In fact, the 55-year-old podcast host once had to take matters into his own hands when dealing with an internet troll back in 2011.

The so-called ‘Myspace challenger’ had called out Rogan on MySpace (if you can remember that), and threw down a challenge to the former Fear Factor host, per GiveMeSport.

What the troll didn’t realize is that Rogan is no soft touch - in fact, he's a long-time practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and even holds a black belt from Eddie Bravo’s 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu.

Clearly confident in his abilities, Rogan decided to take up the challenge and paid him a visit... and it didn't go well for the troll.

Now, I'm not going to pretend that I'm an MMA expert - but I know a dominant a** whooping when I see one, with the troll eventually being forced to tap out to Rogan.

The YouTube video has two million views and over 1,000 comments, with some fans supporting Rogan, and others praising the troll for even attempting to fight him.

“Joe Rogan definitely has some serious skills. This is one of the things that makes him such a great commentator, his knowledge of the sport comes from [first-hand] experience,” one user commented.

And this isn't the first time Rogan has had to get physical.

Back on the 6th season of Fear Factor, Rogan was forced to step in when one contestant hit another - and the host quickly took exception.

Rogan has been a UFC commentator for nearly two decades.

Speaking on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Rogan explained how Dana White, the UFC president, got him into commentating: “He talked me into it for one show, UFC 37 and a half.

“I think it was the best damn sport show period…I did that and [the] rest is history.”

Since, Rogan’s own podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience has dominated his career progression, becoming one of the most popular free podcasts in 2016.

It was bought exclusively for Spotify in 2020 for around $200 million.

But this has not been without scandal either, as Spotify had to remove episodes where Rogan had produced controversial and offensive content, including spreading misinformation during the pandemic and encouraging young people not to get vaccinated.

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After more than 1,800 episodes and an endless list of famous guests, Joe Rogan has finally revealed the one interview he wishes never happened.

Joe Rogan's podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, is one of the most influential and widely listened-to shows in the world.

Launched in 2009, it has featured over 1,800 episodes and a diverse lineup of guests, ranging from celebrities and scientists to politicians and controversial thinkers.

Known for its long-form, unfiltered conversations, the show often dives into topics like health, technology, psychedelics, politics, and conspiracy theories.

With millions of subscribers on both Spotify and YouTube, Rogan’s podcast has become a cultural force, sparking widespread discussion and occasional backlash with each new episode.

In fact, in a recent episode, Rogan didn’t hold back when NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers asked him to name the least enjoyable guest on his massively popular show.

“That might have been the worst podcast I’ve ever done, but maybe a good one too,” Rogan admitted, referring to his two-hour conversation with Dr. Zahi Hawass, a high-profile Egyptian archaeologist and former government minister.

The episode itself started with a discussion about Egyptian history but quickly turned into a lesson in podcast pain.

Rogan confessed that the only reason Hawass even came on the show was because British author Graham Hancock had supposedly patched things up between them.

“That was one of the reasons why Zahi came on because Graham talked to Zahi and was like ‘Zahi wants to do this, we're friends now’, so I was like ‘Bring him in, let's go bring him in, I'll talk to him.’”

But the vibe was far from friendly. Rogan described Hawass as completely closed off to exploring alternative ideas about Egypt's history, something Rogan himself is deeply curious about.

“This is the guy. This is this close-minded fellow who's been in charge of gatekeeping all the knowledge,” he said.

Rodgers, chiming in with his own stories from Egypt, claimed he saw images of “a spaceship, a helicopter, and a submarine” on ancient hieroglyphs. Rogan, clearly more aligned with that kind of thinking, replied: “There’s a bunch of weird images.”

When Rodgers floated the idea of Hawass giving Rogan a personal tour of Egypt, the host couldn’t fake enthusiasm. “Yeah, meh, mmm, if I’m going, I’m going with Graham.”

Even after hosting world leaders, tech moguls, and whistleblowers, it’s clear there are some guests Rogan would rather leave in the archives. And based on this interview, Zahi Hawass is sitting firmly at the bottom of that list.

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Before he was a UFC commentator or the most successful podcaster of all time, Joe Rogan used to host the popular reality show Fear Factor - and in a recently unearthed clip, he once got into a fight with a contestant on-screen.

For those too young to remember, Fear Factor saw a series of contestants from all over the US face their worst fears and embark on a series of extreme challenges for a chance to win a $50,000 prize.

The show was full of big personalities and larger-than-life characters - including future WWE superstar The Miz - and in one episode during the show’s 6th season, a contestant lost his temper and had a physical altercation with Joe.

During the episode, a quarreling husband and wife duo were having an intense argument, which prompted catcalls and jeers from other contestants, who wanted to see their competitors eliminated from the show.

The wife took these comments poorly, and following an argument with her husband, marched up to one jeering contestant and punched him “as hard as she could”, which prompted an intervention from Rogan.

“What are you doing, you can't assault people. What he did is called strategy, he's yelling at you,” Rogan said. “You can't run up to him and hit him.

“Like if you and your husband hit each other, that's one thing, you don't run up and hit other contestants."

Needless to say, the husband didn’t take these remarks very well, and following Rogan’s comments, he stormed on over to the host and started yelling in his face.

This quickly escalated into a physical confrontation between the two, which saw the UFC commentator and three-time black belt grab the contestant by the neck and put him into a clinch.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Rogan later recalled the incident in an episode of his podcast years later, and said there was much more to the incident than meets the eye.

"The guy got in my face. There's a lot of it that wasn't on film, they didn't put it on TV," he said.

"But, I pushed him out of my face. He said 'Don't push me!'. I said, 'Or what, b*tch?!'. I [thought] this is just too tense. I'm just gonna grab this guy. I'm not getting punched in the face. I just grabbed him, I didn't hurt him.

"I thought he was gonna hit me! I didn't hurt him, I was thinking of choking him. But I was like, I better not choke him. Because if I choke him, you know, maybe they could sue me."

The incident recently resurfaced again when it was discovered by a TikToker who uploaded footage of the clip, prompting mirth from plenty of commentators who were amused by the contestant’s false bravado.

“I hope that dude knows how bad that would have gone if Joe wanted to go there,” one TikToker said in the replies. “Joe had him in an MT clench and could have wrecked him with ease.”

“Bro doesn’t know Joe has like 40 years of fighting experience,” commented another user, with another quipping that “Joe made it look like he was fighting a toddler.”

Another added: “This is a perfect example of why you never get involved with domestic disputes.”

But others were less impressed. “What a bunch of freaks. Joe Rogan included. This is all too strange.”

Another TikTok also uploaded the resurfaced footage, along with the caption: "I never knew Joe Rogan fought a contestant on Fear Factor."

Once again, many of the comments were supportive of Rogan, with one social media user saying that the husband was lucky there was "contestants, cameras and security guards" around at the time of the scuffle.

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Joe Rogan has sparked backlash for speaking out against so-called 'woke culture'.

In a recent episode of his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, the 53-year-old comedian, fighter, and broadcaster gave his opinion on the issue of cancel culture, which he believes will eventually lead to "straight white men" being silenced.

Speaking with fellow comedian Joe List, Rogan said: "You can never be woke enough. That's the problem. It keeps going."

Rogan continued: "It keeps going further and further down the line and if you get to the point where you capitulate and you agree to all these demands it’ll eventually get to where straight white men are not allowed to talk.

"Because it's your privilege to express yourself when other people of color have been silenced throughout history."

Rogan ended this discussion by saying that certain activists are taking advantage of the current culture war and polarised bipartisan climate for their own cynical ends. He concluded that people need to be "nice to each other".

But on Twitter, a number of social media users have taken serious issue with Rogan's claims.

One person wrote: "Joe Rogan really thinks that straight white men are fighting for their right to continue being allowed to speak?

"He's that insecure about people in other demographics finally get a shot at an equal voice? What a f***ing loser."

Another person agreed, writing: "He's the type of person who goes to a dinner party with five other people in attendance, but then thinks the entire pie at the end of the meal is for him.

"He's insulted when he's told he only gets 1/6th of it and insists he deserves the entire thing. Nobody else gets any."

A third critic tweeted: "Koe Rogan says that if the Woke Mob wins, straight white men won't be allowed to talk. Straight white men – victims since… [checks every history book] absolutely never."

This irate Twitter user then reacted by writing: "Can Joe Rogan point to one day in American history where straight white men shut the f*** up?

"If you start the clock in 1787 they've had roughly 85,500 opportunities to give it a rest for A DAY, and have never ONCE let the god**** Earth spin without offering an opinion. [sic]"

While another critic added: "Joe Rogan is terrified that one day white men will be treated like women or persons of color. He can think of no worse fate.

"Which is a tacit admission he understands that people who are not white men have been silenced and oppressed throughout American history."

This is not the first time Rogan's comments have proved divisive. Back in June 2020, he provoked controversy by appearing to suggest that wearing a face mask during the pandemic was "for b******" in a conversation with Bill Burr.

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