Joe Rogan’s podcast comments about Jewish people ‘controlling the media’ leave Spotify nervous

• Logan sparked controversy over comments about race, COVID and cultural cancellations
• Sources say Spotify may no longer want to deal with defense comedian
• The $200 million Spotify deal is set to expire at some point this year

Spotify bosses are “nervous” over comments from incendiary podcaster Joe Rogan that Jews “love money” as the company updates its $200 million mega-deal.

The 55-year-old denounced cultural cancellation on a January episode of The Joe Rogan Experience.

He referenced a 2019 tweet in which Omar opposed US aid to Israel, stating:

Omar has since apologized for the tweet, admitting it was anti-Semitic, but Logan doubled down, claiming it shouldn’t have been, saying, “The idea that Jews aren’t interested in money is ridiculous. That’s like saying Italians don’t like pizza.

Shortly after, people took to social media to condemn his remarks, saying he was “nonchalantly spouting anti-Semitism.”

Logan has previously joked using the metaphor that Jews control the media.

Now, with the star comedian and MMA broadcaster’s contract with Spotify expiring, sources told Radar Online that comments like these, along with his past use of racial slurs and misconceptions about COVID. The information has pushed Spotify bosses to their limits.

This is not the first time that relations between the two parties have appeared strained.

Last year, Logan’s comments about the COVID vaccine — saying people “didn’t have to worry” about getting jabs — led musicians, especially Neil Young, to remove their music from streaming services.

Spotify boss Daniel Ek lashed out at employees who were calling for Rogan’s ouster at the time, saying the controversial podcaster was vital to the platform’s future and his show’s ‘direct discourse’ company said it was not the location of

CEO Daniel Ek said at the company’s town hall, “There are a lot of things Joe Rogan says that I strongly disagree with and find very offensive.

“But if we even want to make an effort to achieve our bold ambitions, it means putting content on Spotify that many of us may not be proud to be associated with. ”

But Logan has always been controversial, and in the wake of Kanye West’s anti-Semitic rant, his anti-Jewish comments have become so recognizable that sources told Radar that Spotify has enough. Said it might have been.

In February, Semafor reported that the company’s relationship with the former Fear Factor host was “frayed.”

A Spotify representative previously said to new york times The contract does not expire within the year.

“Spotify is tired of apologizing for comments they don’t agree with, and in some cases appalled,” one source claimed, adding that Americans “worry about getting the COVID-19 vaccine.” I didn’t need it,” he emphasized.

However, a year later, the source tells Radar, “Many executives believe leaving him was the best business decision.”

DailyMail.com reached out to both Spotify and Rogan representatives for comment.

Podcasts are often the subject of outrage, but lately Logan has pissed off people on all sides of the aisle with his commentary.

Logan says Democrats want people to ‘eat donuts and just vote’ after a controversial podcaster told a story about the Far Right being associated with ‘being healthy’ I was joking.

Speaking with writer and podcaster Bridget Fettacy, Logan may have been reacting to an MSNBC article titled “Pandemic Fitness Trends Have Literally Gone Extreme.”

Phetasy asked: I’ve seen a lot of articles like “The far-right obsession with shaping up.”

The comic and MMA commentator agrees: Being lazy and not fat is actually associated with misogyny, racism, fascism, and the far right.

He concluded that left-wingers who think this way are like, “Great, let’s eat donuts and vote blue.”

Former CNN host Brian Stelter attacked Logan after he accused him of working for the “lizard” people who run the World Economic Forum.

Last month, Logan stepped out on Stelter while discussing the highly nefarious annual World Congress in Davos, Switzerland.

He and journalist Matt Taibi mocked and criticized Stelter’s appearance on a panel he hosted, calling him “basically a whore” and impose restrictive laws on the global public. and comfortably grinned around the elitists.

However, Stelter said there was no “boss” manipulating the panel’s performance, unlike Logan’s claim, and that journalists traveled to Davos at their own expense.

“Joe Rogan got everything wrong again. The World Economic Forum did not ‘hire’ me to ‘work’ at Davos. I went there with my own money to write about the conference.