Joe Rogan on cancel culture attempt: ‘I gained 2M subscribers’

The Sun, the former talk show host has been shopping a podcast in hopes of inking a nine-figure deal. "She sees Joe Rogan has a $100million podcast deal, and now she wants that kind of money," a source said.Wendy has podcast offers on the table, the source said, but she's really positioning herself for a deal with iHeartRadio or Spotify, which is home to Joe's popular podcast. The problem is that Wendy is a hard sell, particularly given the lengthy hiatus from her former namesake show and reported mental health struggles, which she's denied. "The people at iHeart don't like controversy, so the best place for her is Spotify.

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Liam Gallagher has shared his thoughts on cancel culture, calling those who initiate the cancellation of a person “fucking squares”.Speaking in a new interview, the former Oasis frontman discussed call-out culture and how he doesn’t believe people can really be ‘cancelled’.“Who the fuck are these people cancelling you, anyway? Like, fuck off,” Gallagher told The 2 Johnnies Podcast. “Unless they come around to your house and say you’re cancelled. You’re still going to do your fucking thing, they don’t speak for everyone, do they?”He continued: “The cancelling people just speak for the cancelled world, they don’t fucking speak for everyone.

Newsweek reported.In the episode, Rogan and guest Tony Hinchcliffe were discussing how genius and madness can seem intertwined in Tinseltown.“To be one of those people, whether it’s Mel Gibson or any of these actor types, to be insanely good in a movie, you’ve got to be a little crazy,” posited Rogan. He was referencing how the controversial Australian superstar is perhaps equally famous for alleged anti-semitic slurs and angry telephone messages as he is for his Oscar-winning films.Hinchcliffe, 37, then cited the infamous Oscars slap as evidence of how Will Smith’s “King Richard” role impacted his psychology, prompting the UFC commentator to respond: “He’s an amazing actor right? He shows emotion in his film, it’s so real.”“The guy’s probably always on the verge of crying, it’s probably a mess,” added Rogan, who also blamed Smith’s mental state on his fraught relationship with wife Jada Pinkett Smith.“I mean, the way his wife smiled after Chris Rock got slapped,” exclaimed the comedian, referencing the notorious “Best Smacktor” incident, in which the Oscar winner slapped Rock over a bald crack about Jada, who has alopecia.“The whole thing was just, oh my god.

Frank Langella is refuting "unacceptable behavior" allegations while working on the Netflix series "The Fall of the House of Usher," a show he was subsequently fired from following a sexual misconduct investigation in April.  The 84-year-old actor, who starred as Roderick Usher on the streaming service series before his role was recast to Bruce Greenwood, also criticized "cancel culture" as he addressed the accusations for the first time in an op-ed published on Deadline. Fox News Digital has contacted Langella's representatives for additional comment. "I have been canceled.

HBO series Succession, appeared on TalkTV show Piers Morgan Uncensored when the conversation turned to ‘cancel culture’.“It’s a kind of modern day McCarthyism, really,” Cox said. “It’s a kind of raid on people’s sensibilities in order to reduce them and make them… I don’t know, there is so much hypocrisy involved with the whole thing.“I find the whole thing completely hypocritical. I am not religious but there is a thing in the bible where it says, ‘Let he or she without sin cast the first stone’ and there seems to be a lot of casting of stones.

celebrity cancel culture, which he analogized to a modern-day form of “McCarthyism.” The 75-year-old Laurence Olivier award winner dropped the bombshell during a Thursday appearance on Piers Morgan’s show “Uncensored” on TalkTV.“It is a kind of modern-day McCarthyism really,” Cox told the host of the so-called witch hunt, in which celebs are excommunicated from Hollywood for certain actions and opinions. “It is a kind of raid on people’s sensibilities in order to reduce them and make them… I don’t know, there is so much hypocrisy in the whole thing.”The thespian continued, “I am not religious but there is a thing in the bible where it says, ‘Let he or she without sin cast the first stone’ and there seems to be a lot of casting of stones. And it is like a virus.”Cox was in good company while discussing the negativity of cancel culture with Post columnist Piers Morgan, who recently vowed to wipe out the damning trend.“My mission statement for this show is simple: I’m canceling cancel culture,” Morgan told “Piers Morgan Uncensored” viewers in April.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIn today’s podcast roundup, “Batman Unburied” flies to the top of Spotify’s charts; HBO Max’s “The Staircase” gets a companion podcast; Slate’s “Slow Burn” Season 7 will unpack the history of Roe v. Wade; Audible set to release “Beast Master” investigative narrative podcast about “Ohio’s bear king”; and more.DC’s “Batman Unburied” superhero series soared to the top of the Spotify podcast charts in markets around the globe this week after its premiere — unseating “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the controversial show that is the streamer’s regular chart-topper. The thriller from David S. Goyer delves into the dark recesses of Bruce Wayne’s psyche with an all-new storyline.The first two episodes of the 10-ep “Batman Unburied” bowed May 3.

part ways with Langella after an investigation into claims of “unacceptable behavior” on set, Langella penned an open letter Thursday on Deadline decrying his forced departure.“I have been canceled. Just like that,” the 84-year-old thespian began in a lengthy statement.“In the increasing madness that currently pervades our industry, I could not have imagined that the words collateral damage would fall upon my shoulders. They have brought with them a weight I had not expected to bear in the closing decades of my career.

Standing just a few feet away from the first POTUS to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner since 2016, Daily Show host Trevor Noah mixed the political with the pop culture to take an equal opportunity dig at everyone tonight — including the people who pay him the big bucks.

A university boss has hit out at the government's plan to introduce fines for 'cancel culture' on campuses. Education Minister Michelle Donelan has said she intends to bring forward new laws to crack down on 'woke mobs' that are apparently preventing debate at universities.

King of controversy Joe Rogan has given his two cents on Johnny Depp’s defamation case against Amber Heard. During his “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast on Tuesday, Rogan claimed that Heard, 36, is a “crazy lady” and that her abuse allegations against her ex-husband are “not true.”“I’m watching this trial, and, like, it’s a cautionary tale about believing in bulls – – t, forming a narrative in your head like, ‘We’re rebels together,’ ” Rogan said while opening his show with featured guest and comedian Jessica Kirson. “That’s what I felt like about Anthony Bourdain and his relationship to that crazy woman,” he said, an apparent reference to Bourdain’s romance with Italian film actress-director Asia Argento.

Tesla head’s divisive $44 billion takeover of Twitter Monday. Rogan heaped praise on the billionaire during a Tuesday episode of the “Joe Rogan Experience” with guest Jessica Kirston.“Oh s–t, oh s–t, Elon Musk just bought Twitter,” gushed the former “Fear Factor” host, who has received fierce backlash over his alleged anti-vaxxer comments, among other controversies.

fecal delivery.” He also made it clear that he doesn’t believe Depp physically abused Heard.“She said that she used this specific makeup to cover all her bruises that Johnny gave her?” Rogan said, adding under his breath: “Which is not true.” “The problem,” he continued, “is it was a specific makeup and the company didn’t even make that makeup at the time she said she was using it!” “That’s crazy!” Kirson replied.“But that’s what happens with people like that!” Rogan continued. “People that are just manipulative and full of shit like that? Doug Stanhope knows her.

Spotify said it is not experiencing any negative effects from blowback over podcast hosts like Joe Rogan, with the company’s first-quarter results exceeding Wall Street forecasts.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotify topped guidance for total monthly listeners in the first quarter of 2022, despite the loss of 1.5 million paid subscribers in Russia and a roiling controversy over Joe Rogan’s podcast that had elicited calls for a boycott.The audio streamer’s monthly average user base grew 19% in Q1, to 422 million, representing a net gain of 16 million in the period. Spotify exceeded expectations on MAU growth even excluding a “one-time benefit” of 3 million users who had created new accounts to access the service after an outage in early March.Spotify netted 2 million Premium subscribers, to reach 182 million (up 15% year over year).

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotify topped guidance for total monthly listeners in the first quarter of 2022, despite the loss of 1.5 million paid subscribers in Russia and a roiling controversy over Joe Rogan’s podcast that had elicited calls for a boycott.The audio streamer’s monthly average user base grew 19% in Q1, to 422 million, representing a net gain of 16 million in the period (more than twice its previous forecast). Spotify topped expectations on MAU growth even excluding a “one-time benefit” of 3 million users who had created new accounts to access the service after an outage in early March.Spotify netted 2 million Premium subscribers, to reach 182 million (up 15% year over year).