Joe Rogan has revealed all about his failed interview with Kamala Harris.
The UFC commentator was requested to talk with the US presidential candidate the day after her opponent, Donald Trump, appeared on his wildly popular podcast.
Nevertheless, a scheduling situation meant that Joe Rogan by no means interviewed the previous Vice President.
Now the UFC fan favourite has defined his facet of the story with Harris.
UFC 308 derailed Joe Rogan – Kamala Harris interview
Throughout the newest episode of his Joe Rogan Expertise podcast, the MMA legend responded to claims that he was ‘troublesome’ to take care of.
Rogan defined that he was scheduled to cowl UFC 308 on the day Harris and her staff wished to do their interview.
Former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub, comic Bryan Callen, and BJJ wizard Eddie Bravo had flown to Texas from California to look at the Abu Dhabi occasion with Rogan for a ‘Battle Companion’ podcast.
“They wished to do it that Saturday, the day after Trump. I mentioned, ‘I’ll do it, however it needs to be at 8:30am’,” Rogan revealed. “The explanation why was I had a podcast already scheduled that was a stay UFC podcast. We do that factor known as Battle Companion.
“I flew in three of my buddies from California and we have been all going to do that podcast collectively. We had dedicated to doing this. Like, they have been already on the town. I can’t simply say, ‘No guys I can’t do that superior factor as a result of I’ve to interview Kamala Harris’.
“It looks as if I ought to to some folks, however that’s since you’re within the politics enterprise and I’m an MMA commentator – that is a part of my job. I mentioned I might do it, however it needs to be like 8:30 within the morning as a result of I’ve to be completed by the point the fights begin. That’s affordable, they didn’t try this both.”
Joe Rogan explains the magnitude of UFC 308
So far as Rogan was involved, UFC 308 was an unmissable card.
Ilia Topuria knocked out Max Holloway in the primary occasion, which was billed as two of one of the best featherweight fighters of all time coming collectively for a historic conflict.
The bout was made larger by the actual fact Holloway slept Justin Gaethje a couple of months earlier to win their UFC 300 BMF title combat with only one second left on the clock.
Rogan added: “It was Ilia Topuria vs Max Holloway. Simply so you realize for folks listening that aren’t UFC followers, that was a big combat.
“Max Holloway had simply beat Justin Gaethje in like actually the [best] knockout of all time. Ilia Topuria is among the completely greatest fighters on the planet. If not primary pound-for-pound actually quantity two or quantity three – he’s within the high 5 of the best possible athletes in any weight class.
“So, this was a conflict of the titans. The best featherweight champion of all time versus the present featherweight Champion. I’m not going to overlook that!
“You’ve acquired to know. I’ll work round [it]. I’ll come again at evening. I’ll do it at midnight. I don’t give a f—, I’ll do it. It wasn’t me f—— somebody over.”