Joe Rogan defended CNN's Sanjay Gupta after video clips of their debate over COVID-19 went viral.
The podcast host confronted the network's chief medical correspondent over what he called "lies" about him taking the anti-parasitic medicine ivermectin to treat his COVID-19, and clips of the encounter circulated widely online -- especially on conservative websites -- but Rogan said many of those condensed videos were misleading.
Joe Rogan asks Sanjay Gupta why CNN lied about Joe taking horse dewormer. Whole pod is worth a listen. https://t.co/uvPLwfINd7— rr (@rr) 1634164518.0
"If you've only seen clips online you would think that @drsanjaygupta and I had a tense and uncomfortable encounter when we sat down for 3 hours," Rogan said on his Instagram account. "The reality is that disagreement was a very small part of what was overall a very enjoyable conversation. Sanjay is a really nice person and I like him a lot. After our time together I consider him a friend."
"People on network TV don't have anything remotely similar to the kind of freedom I enjoy doing the podcast," Rogan added. "For him to dive into my world and have an open form conversation with no restrictions took real courage, and I appreciate it very much."
"The doctor left his safety net, he gambled. He went on his show and got taken to the woodshed!" Really is somethi… https://t.co/tGAnwgaBkB— Justin Baragona (@Justin Baragona) 1634263173.0
