“Saturday Night Live” seemingly took a swipe at Joe Rogan and the controversy surrounding his podcast.
Mikey Day said during the opening of the skit, “Truly sucks you’re getting fired just cause people can’t take jokes anymore.”
This week’s SNL host, John Mulaney, added, “I guess I should’ve just deleted my old podcast the moment I got the promotion.”
One of his co-workers continued, “So now we can’t even use the N-word to describe people anymore?”
The co-workers then proceeded to gift Mulaney a “podcast set for White guys.”
The narrator explained, “Now you can shout every crazy thought in your head without ruining your life. It doesn’t record anything at all.”
Day argued, “We’re White guys, we need to be able to say every dumb thing into a microphone and not get in trouble.”
Another co-worker added, “It’s just how God made us.”
The skit goes on to show Mulaney speaking into the microphone next to a dummy wearing a “men’s rights activist” t-shirt.
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At one point, Mulaney said, “Sorry Big Pharma, I’m not just going to put some crap in my body without doing my own research first.”
He added, “Anyway, today’s podcast is sponsored by ‘Diamond Hog Male Enhancement Gummies.’ Look, guys, I don’t know what’s in this stuff but it works.”
The show appeared to be making a reference to a video compilation that surfaced showing instances in which Rogan said the N-word.
Rogan later apologized for the comments, saying, “It’s a video that’s made of clips taken out of context of me of 12 years of conversations on my podcast. It’s all smushed together and it looks f—— horrible, even to me.”
He continued, “My sincere and humble apologies, I wish there was more that I could say. All of this is just me talking from the bottom of my heart. Makes me sick watching that video.”
Rogan explained hopefully “some you will accept this and understand where I’m coming from.”
Additionally, Rogan has received backlash over his comments about COVID-19 and interviews with vaccine skeptics, as The New York Times reported.
