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 throughout the election marketing campaign as a result of he as an alternative most well-liked to interview President Donald Trump.
Rogan seemed to set the report straight after stories steered his crew misled Harris’s marketing campaign a few potential look on “The Joe Rogan Expertise.”
“This complete concept that we f–ked her over and we f–ked her over for Trump — incorrect, simply not true,” Rogan mentioned on Tuesday’s episode of his podcast.
Rogan disputed allegations from the brand new guide “Battle: Contained in the Wildest Battle for the White Home,” which particulars Harris insiders’ frustrations with the reserving course of.
In line with the guide written by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, Harris’s marketing campaign went as far as to rearrange a Houston occasion with Beyoncé on October 25 to align with a potential Rogan interview in close by Austin.
Nonetheless, they had been later knowledgeable the date was unavailable as a result of a private day — coincidentally the identical day Rogan interviewed Donald Trump.
Rogan pushed again, saying the claims had been inaccurate and that his crew by no means deceived Harris’s camp.
“This complete concept that we screwed her over for Trump is simply not true,” Rogan mentioned.
“One of many issues they mentioned that wasn’t true was that we lied in regards to the day Trump was approaching. We simply didn’t inform them as a result of they hadn’t dedicated to doing the present.”
Rogan defined that reserving Trump was easy.
“Trump was tremendous straightforward. We provided sooner or later. He mentioned, ‘Sure.’ That was it,” he mentioned. “There was no back-and-forth, no stipulations, no edits — only a simple reserving. Harris’s crew, however, by no means totally dedicated.”
He additionally refuted claims that Harris’s crew had carried out a walk-through of his studio.
“That’s not true. These individuals didn’t have a date. They by no means agreed to do the present,” 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.
“However nobody ever dedicated to doing it,” he mentioned. “They maintain pretending that I lied.”
Following Trump’s look, Rogan mentioned Harris’s crew provided to have him journey to Washington, DC, for an interview, however beneath strict circumstances.
“They solely needed to do 45 minutes to an hour, and it wouldn’t be on my set,” he defined.
“I advised them, ‘Look, Trump did it right here. We should always do it right here too’.”
Harris’s crew additionally allegedly requested employees members and a stenographer to be current.
Rogan took subject with these stipulations, noting that Trump had come alone with none circumstances.
“It was very managed, and so they had been actually involved in regards to the podcast not being edited,” he mentioned.
“My supervisor requested if she was dedicated, and the reply was ‘No’.”
Rogan steered that inside disagreements inside Harris’s crew might have performed a job within the breakdown.
“There have been some individuals on her employees who had been in opposition to her doing it,” he mentioned.
“They thought it was unhealthy optics as a result of they’re a bunch of wokesters.”
Reflecting on the fallout, Rogan speculated that Harris’s marketing campaign regretted the choice after seeing Trump’s interview appeal to 50 million views.
“I feel then they thought, ‘What the hell? We should always have achieved it’,” he mentioned.
Rogan additionally claimed to have receipts documenting the discussions.
“Now we have an entire record of conversations that came about,” he mentioned.
“I feel somebody is making an attempt to cowl their ass for the truth that she by no means did it.”
In line with Rogan, the guide’s authors by no means reached out to him for his facet of the story.
“They supposedly talked to 150 individuals about this, however they didn’t discuss to us,” he mentioned.
“That’s sort of loopy.”
The Publish has sought remark from former Harris marketing campaign aides and the guide’s authors.