Joe Rogan returns for next UFC event after sitting out UFC 271 – The Hollywood Reporter

Joe Rogan is sitting out ESPN’s UFC 271 broadcast, but his hiatus is not expected to last long.

The Spotify podcast host and UFC commentator will not be covering this weekend’s mixed martial arts event Saturday at the Toyota Center in Houston, with the absences attributed to scheduling conflicts, but he he will be back for the next UFC pay-per-view event, The Hollywood Reporter have learned.

Boxer and YouTuber Jake Paul were among those reacting to Rogan’s absence from the showdown between Israeli boxers Adesanya and Robert Whittaker. In one tweet sent on friday, Paul criticized UFC president Dana White and Disney executive Bob Chapek while defending Rogan. “So ESPN and Disney pulled Joe Rogan out of the UFC broadcast but behind Dana White, who called reporters a reporter’s bag, said a female boxer looked like a male fighter on the page. clothes and heels, and claiming brain damage was part of the show? You pulled the wrong person as Mr. Chapek,” Paul wrote.

Representatives for ESPN and the UFC declined to comment.

Rogan has been the subject of many headlines recently after Neil Young and other musicians asked Spotify to pull their music in response to the popular podcast host spreading misinformation about vaccines. COVID-19.

The The element of fear alum has also been noticed due to his recently re-recorded clips previously using the n-word.

Rogan responded to the clips by apologizing in a video posted to Instagram and saying his footage “looks horrible, even to me”. In Tuesday’s episode of his podcast, Rogan called media scrutiny of his remarks “a major political undertaking.”

In a letter from Spotify CEO Daniel Ek to employees earlier this month, the executive acknowledged Rogan’s comments were “incredibly painful” but maintained that the podcaster would remain. on this platform.