After spending more than 15 minutes breaking down why he felt Joe Rogan’s apology for a history of racist jokes and commentary on his popular Spotify podcast was so disingenuous last week, Trevor Noah doubled down Monday night, turning over the entire Daily Show episode to an extended conversation with the singer who helped break open the controversy earlier this month.
“Tonight, we had an episode planned around the Super Bowl and Ukraine and just catching up on all the news, but I had truly one of my favorite conversations with a human being that I ever thought I could have,” Noah said at the top of the Valentine’s Day broadcast before introducing his guest, India.Arie.
Just over a week ago, India.Arie posted a video to Instagram that featured a shocking compilation of Rogan using the “N-word” along with a clip in which he compared a movie theater in a Black neighborhood to The Planet of the Apes. She announced that she was joining other artists who were asking their labels to remove their music from Spotify, explaining that she didn’t want her art to help pay for his hate speech.
