Samuel L. Jackson, who has starred in six Quentin Tarantino films that repeatedly use the N-word, has weighed in on podcaster Joe Rogan’s recent controversy involving the racial epithet.
This year’s honorary Oscar recipient, 73, rejected “The Joe Rogan Experience” host’s apology, which came after a supercut video showing Rogan using the slur went viral. Artists such as India Arie called the commentator “consciously racist” and pulled their music from Spotify over it.
In an Instagram video, Rogan said that he knew “for most people there’s no context where a white person is allowed to say that word, never mind publicly on a podcast.” He said that he agreed with that now and hasn’t said the word in years, but for a long time “instead of saying ‘the N-word,’ I would just say the word.”
