Piers Morgan has backed Joe Rogan and lashed out at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry amid the ongoing Spotify podcast drama.
The 54-year-old has been at the centre of the row with his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, accused of giving a platform to false statements about Covid and the vaccine, which has to several musicians speaking out in protest against Spotify. On Sunday Joe shared a statement and apology amid the controversy.
However, in his column for the New York Post, Piers shared his support for Joe, as he penned: ‘Honestly, if it wasn’t for his (Joe Rogan’s) love of guns, tattoos and Bernie’s socialism – and of course, his weird accent – we could be twins.
‘I regularly listen to his podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience” and it’s a brilliantly free-wheeling, wide-ranging, sometimes combative, always fascinating series of conversations with people from all walks of life who hold all manner of opinions.
‘I don’t always agree with what Rogan or his guests say, but why should I?
‘We’re not living in North Korea, we’re allowed to hold different views from each other.’
Piers also referenced the ‘ferocious firestorm’ that’s designed to ‘cancel’ his $100million (£74m) Spotify deal, and to silence his supposedly ‘dangerous’ thoughts.
Summing up his column, he went for Harry and Meghan, dubbing them ‘a pair of two-bit minor British royal family renegades’, after they recently expressed their concern to Spotify over ‘Covid misinformation’.
Piers wrote: ‘Spotify should do us all a favor by tearing up Meghan and Harry’s contract and giving their money to Joe Rogan for more of his shows.’
The couple, who have a deal with the company reportedly worth £18million, released a statement on Sunday in which they stated that they had spoken to the music platform’s bosses regarding their concerns last April.
In their statement, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said: ‘Since the inception of [their non-profit organisation] Archewell, we have worked to address the real-time global misinformation crisis.
‘Hundreds of millions of people are affected by the serious harms of mis- and disinformation every day.
‘Last April, our co-founders began expressing concerns to our partners at Spotify about the all too real consequences of Covid misinformation on its platform.
‘We have continued to express our concerns to Spotify to ensure changes to its platform are made to help address this public health crisis.
‘We look to Spotify to meet this moment and are committed to continuing our work together as it does.’
The podcast drama unfolded with Neil Young removing his entire catalogue of music from the streaming service, with Joni Mitchell supporting his move, and James Blunt chiming in.
Got a story?
If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.
MORE : Meghan Markle and Prince Harry ‘express concern’ to Spotify over Joe Rogan Covid misinformation row
MORE : Piers Morgan has no time for PDA as he can’t stop cringing over Kanye West and Julia Fox kissing