In a video posted to Instagram, he offered his "humble and sincere apologies" for "the thing I have the most shame and regret about speaking in public."
His use of the 'nigger' slur on his shows for the past 12 years, recently compiled by a recent video, now looks "awful, even to me", he acknowledged.
He also said he deleted an episode of his podcast where he compared his presence in a black neighborhood to the movie "Planet of the Apes".
With his show "The Joe Rogan experience", broadcast exclusively on Spotify since 2020 for 100 million dollars, Joe Rogan has for a few days been targeted by criticism from personalities who consider him dangerous by leaving the field open to disinformation on the Covid -19.
Folk-rock legend Neil Young called on the streaming platform to remove his music in late January, sparking a wider movement and debate over Spotify's responsibility in the fight against misinformation.
"I am doing this because Spotify is spreading false information about vaccines - potentially causing the death of those who believe the misinformation they are spreading," the singer wrote.
According to The New York Times on Saturday, Spotify quietly removed 70 episodes of "The Joe Rogan experience" in recent days.
The streaming giant, based in Sweden, did not respond to requests from AFP.
On Thursday, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek defended before his employees the exclusivity agreement concluded with Joe Rogan, according to him crucial for his streaming service, while stressing that he disagreed with the latter on "a lot of things ".
Regarding his apologies, Joe Rogan assured on Instagram that he had "never been racist".
“There is not a single context in which a white person can afford” to utter this insult, he explained.
"I can't go back and change what I said... But I really hope this taught a lot of people what an insult that word is, coming from a white man's mouth. “, added this figure of the anti-“politically correct” in the United States.
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