


"When I learned of his language, I just tuned out on my own," the songwriter said. "I knew about Joe Rogan's insensitive comments around race before because I'm a podcast listener, and I had heard many episodes of his podcast," Arie said. Last week, Arie was one of several performers who joined Neil Young in pulling their songs from Spotify because of COVID-19 misinformation on Rogan's podcast.Īrie, 46, indicated that she had longstanding issues with her music being streamed on Spotify and that Rogan was the final straw. The "Joe Rogan Experience" host has come under fire for two separate controversies in recent weeks. The thing that stuck out for me most was when he said, 'It's not my word to use.' And I think changed behavior is what we're really looking for." "He said a lot of the things I would want to hear someone say. "I have to say, I did think he did a fine job with his apology," Arie told Lemon on Monday.
