Joe Rogan mentioned former aides to Kamala Harris lied after they claimed in a brand new guide that the Spotify podcaster refused to find time for the ex-vice president in the course of the election marketing campaign as a result of he as a substitute most well-liked to interview former President Donald Trump.
Rogan appeared to set the report straight after stories advised his crew misled Harris’ marketing campaign a few potential look on “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
“This whole idea that we f–ked her over and we f–ked her over for Trump — incorrect, just not true,” Rogan mentioned on Tuesday’s episode of his podcast.
Rogan disputed allegations from the brand new guide “Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House,” which particulars Harris insiders’ frustrations with the reserving course of.
In keeping with the guide written by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, Harris’ marketing campaign went as far as to rearrange a Houston occasion with Beyoncé on October 25 to align with a attainable Rogan interview in close by Austin.
Nevertheless, it was later knowledgeable the date was unavailable resulting from a private day — coincidentally the identical day Rogan interviewed Trump.
Rogan pushed again, saying the claims have been inaccurate and that his crew by no means deceived Harris’ camp.
“This whole idea that we screwed her over for Trump is just not true,” Rogan mentioned.
“One of the things they said that wasn’t true was that we lied about the day Trump was coming on. We just didn’t tell them because they hadn’t committed to doing the show.”
Rogan defined that reserving Trump was easy.
“Trump was super easy. We offered one day. He said, ‘Yes.’ That was it,” he mentioned. “There was no back-and-forth, no stipulations, no edits — just a straightforward booking. Harris’ team, on the other hand, never fully committed.”
He additionally rebutted claims that Harris’ crew had carried out a walk-through of his studio.
“That’s not true. These people didn’t have a date. They never agreed to do the show,” he insisted.
Rogan claimed he initially hoped to air each interviews on the identical day and even provided Harris a late-night slot after her Houston occasion.
“But no one ever committed to doing it,” he mentioned. “They keep pretending that I lied.”
Following Trump’s look, Rogan mentioned, Harris’ crew provided to have him journey to Washington, DC, for an interview, however underneath strict circumstances.
“They only wanted to do 45 minutes to an hour, and it wouldn’t be on my set,” he defined.
“I told them, ‘Look, Trump did it here. We should do it here too.’”
Harris’ crew additionally allegedly requested employees members and a stenographer be current.
Rogan took difficulty with these stipulations, noting that Trump had come alone with none circumstances.
“It was very controlled, and they were really concerned about the podcast not being edited,” he mentioned.
“My manager asked if she was committed, and the answer was ‘No.’”
Rogan advised that inside disagreements inside Harris’ crew might have performed a job within the breakdown.
“There were some people on her staff who were against her doing it,” he mentioned.
“They thought it was bad optics because they’re a bunch of wokesters.”
Reflecting on the fallout, Rogan speculated that Harris’ marketing campaign regretted the choice after seeing Trump’s interview entice 50 million views.
“I think then they thought, ‘What the hell? We should have done it,’” he mentioned.
Rogan additionally claimed to have receipts documenting the discussions.
“We have a whole list of conversations that took place,” he mentioned.
“I think someone is trying to cover their ass for the fact that she never did it.”
In keeping with Rogan, the guide’s authors by no means reached out to him for his aspect of the story.
“They supposedly talked to 150 people about this, but they didn’t talk to us,” he mentioned.
“That’s kind of crazy.”
A senior Harris aide informed The Submit: “The reason the Vice President didn’t appear on Joe Rogan was simply scheduling.”
The Harris aide mentioned that the marketing campaign “had limited days in a very short campaign to travel out west.”
“Unfortunately, our timing didn’t work with Rogan’s timing, and that’s all this was,” the aide informed The Submit on situation of anonymity.
“Rogan’s team tried to make it work, and so did we. Anyone on the campaign side who is making this into something bigger clearly wasn’t part of the conversation to begin with.”
Allen denied Rogan’s declare that the authors by no means attain out to him, telling The Submit: “We reached out to him but did not get a response.”
“What he said on his show is consistent with the thrust of what we reported,” Allen, who covers politics for NBC Information, informed The Submit.
“We stand by our reporting.”
