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Joe Rogan is clearing the air. Over the course of the past few weeks, Rogan, 57, has caught much attention after seemingly expressing support for presidential candidate Kamala Harris. But on a recent episode of his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, the polarizing host explained that his words were taken out of context.
Though Rogan has not outwardly endorsed any presidential candidate, he is known for often taking more conservative stances. So when outlets supposedly framed his words as an endorsement for Harris, this took his audience by surprise.
APRIL 09: Joe Rogan looks on during the UFC 273 event at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on April 09, 2022 in Jacksonville, Florida. The host has cleared up some recent comments in which he appears to support presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
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During an episode of the podcast shared Tuesday, August 27, Rogan explained that his words were taken out of context, and that what was thought to be praise for Harris was actually for someone else.
“I’m not suing MSNBC,” said Rogan. “But this is what MSNBC did: They took a clip of me talking about Tulsi Gabbard and they edited it up and made it look like I was saying great things about Kamala Harris.”
Rogan continued, claiming that MSNBC “deceptively edited the things that I was saying” and “took it completely out of context.”
“I was talking about Tulsi Gabbard being a congresswoman for eight years and about how she served overseas [as part of] two deployments in medical service dealing with people who were blown up by the war,” Rogan said. “That’s not something Kamala Harris did. That’s something Tulsi Gabbard did.”
MSNBC later issued a retraction of the post on social media, addressing their mistake.
Back in 2020, Gabbard made a bid for president in the Democratic primaries, but dropped out that March and endorsed Joe Biden.
Earlier this month, Gabbard endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.