By Grayson Quay The Week

Podcast host Joe Rogan posted an apology video, his second in less than a week, to Instagram early Saturday morning, addressing a viral compilation video that showed him repeatedly using the N-word on his show, Fox News reported.

Rogan clarified that he only used the word in quotations or when discussing its sociolinguistic significance.

“I haven’t said it in years. But for a long time, when I would bring that word up, if it would come up in conversations, instead of saying ‘the N-word,’ I would just say the word,” Rogan said. He offered his “sincere, deepest apologies” and said watching the compilation made him feel “sick.”

He also apologized for comparing a Black neighborhood he visited to the Planet of the Apes film franchise.

Since Friday, Spotify has removed 113 episodes of Rogan’s podcast, The New York Post reports.

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