Joe Rogan revealed it was nan Harris run that reached retired to get their campaigner connected his show earlier declining his "open invitation" to travel connected astatine immoderate time, moreover astatine midnight erstwhile she was successful Texas past week.
"The Joe Rogan Experience" big said pinch satirist and podcast big Konstantin Kisin, who brought up Rogan’s original scheme to beryllium down pinch Harris. Rogan had said earlier this week it was scrapped because nan campaign demanded nan interview only beryllium an hr and that he recreation to meet her, alternatively of signaling astatine his podcasting workplace successful Austin, Tex.
"She had an opportunity to come," Rogan said successful nan section released Wednesday.
He added of not agreeing to nan campaign's conditions, "You could look astatine this and you tin say, ‘Oh, you’re being a diva,’ but she had an opportunity to travel present erstwhile she was successful Texas, and I virtually gave them an unfastened invitation. I said anytime. I said if she’s done astatine 10, we'll travel backmost present astatine 10. I go, I’ll do it astatine 9 successful nan morning, I’ll do it astatine 10 p.m. I’ll do it astatine midnight if she’s up, if she wants to, you know, portion a Red Bull."
Podcast big Joe Rogan described really his question and reply pinch Vice President Kamala Harris was scrapped during an section that aired Wednesday. (Screenshot/The Joe Rogan Experience; Getty Images)
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Kisin called retired accusations that Rogan was a "diva" if he was consenting to springiness her an opportunity to speak.
"She really reached retired erstwhile she recovered retired that [Trump] was coming on. So their campy reached retired to me. So I said, ‘Great, I would emotion to talk to her.’ But it was very difficult to necktie it down. They wanted to recreation and spot nan point is…if I spell location past there’s going to beryllium different group successful nan room. And they want to power a batch of things, I’m sure," Rogan said, referencing unit trying to interfere pinch nan interview.
He continued, "My full extremity pinch her and pinch him is conscionable talk. Just beryllium and person a speech for illustration a quality being. You find retired things astir people. You get a consciousness of them, astatine least, a existent sense. That was it. I don’t springiness a f--- what we talk about. I really don’t. I conscionable want to talk to you. Who nan f--- are you?"
Kisin asked if possibly nan Harris run were "wary" of him and believed he was connected Trump’s side.
"I don’t know, I mean…just because of my quality there’s ever been this presumption that I’m immoderate right-wing MAGA guy. I was a Bernie protagonist you know," Rogan said. "I’m a politically bum personification for sure. You know, I ever considered myself a left-wing person. I ne'er thought I would ever ballot right-wing, but past nan tides of civilization shifted successful a very bizarre way. And it conscionable made maine complete clip overmuch much alert of what this worldly is really each about."
Rogan antecedently hosted erstwhile President Trump connected his show Friday. (Screenshots/The Joe Rogan Experience)
He past denounced extremists connected some sides of nan governmental aisle but specifically attacked liberals for nary longer appearing to take sides free speech.
"The only solution to bad reside is amended speech. We’ve ever known that. But they had nan powerfulness complete societal media and these corporate groups of group that each had nan aforesaid ideology. And past that tribal mentality kicks successful and you suffer nan position that you should person arsenic an knowledgeable personification that recognizes that everyone has to beryllium capable to talk and we person to fig retired who’s right. And you mightiness beryllium wrong. You mightiness beryllium wrong, and you mightiness beryllium clinging to this thought that you’re correct and you’re going to do nan full point a unspeakable disservice," Rogan said.
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Rogan first explained why nan question and reply was scrapped successful an X station Monday, writing, "Also, for nan record, nan Harris run has not passed connected doing nan podcast."
"They offered a day for Tuesday, but I would person had to recreation to her and they only wanted to do an hour. I powerfully consciousness nan champion measurement to do it is successful nan workplace successful Austin," he added. "My sincere wish is to conscionable person a bully speech and get to cognize her arsenic a quality being. I really dream we tin make it happen."
Rogan denounced utmost liberals for nary longer supporting free speech. ("The Joe Rogan Experience")
Shortly aft nan post, it was announced that Ohio Sen. JD Vance would appear connected nan podcast.
The vice statesmanlike campaigner sat down pinch Rogan successful his Austin workplace Wednesday greeting to grounds an interview. Vance told rally attendees successful Pennsylvania later that day, it went "almost 4 hours, truthful I've officially done much question and reply clip than Kamala Harris has nan full campaign, conscionable today."
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Lindsay Kornick is an subordinate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips tin beryllium sent to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and connected Twitter: @lmkornick.