Joe Rogan Gives Spotify Another Ultimatum

Joe Rogan, the hugely popular, and hugely controversial, podcast host is threatening to quit the music streaming giant, leaving their $200 million deal on the table, reports The NY Post.

During a recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Podcast,” the former mixed martial arts commentator got into a conversation with MMA fighter Josh Barnett about the cutthroat podcast industry ring.

“I will quit. If it gets to a point that I can’t do it anymore, where I have to do it in some sort of weird way where I walk on eggshells and mind my p’s and q’s, f–k that!” Rogan said.

Referring to recent headlines spawned by his problematic banter — from using the N-word to spreading COVID-19 misinformation — Rogan, 54, described his fear of being picked apart by the public for “every little thing.”

Rogan first signed with the streaming music platform in 2020 for $100 million. With still about a year left to complete the contract, the deal has already since doubled in valuation.

Jon Stewart defended fellow podcaster Joe Rogan against claims the Spotify star should be "cancelled" for allegedly promoting "vaccine misinformation."

His pandemic rhetoric culminated recently when a group of 270 doctors and health care experts called Rogan a “menace to public health” in an open letter to Spotify.

Their signed warning couldn’t move the app to act, so musician activists Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Nils Lofgren did, announcing a boycott of the platform.

Spotify has since slapped a content advisory on some of Rogan’s episodes containing questionable discussion of COVID-19.