TheAdultInTheRoom wrote:
Double the Fun wrote:
He said he went to see "Planet of the Apes," and he and his friend ended up being dropped off to see it in a Black neighborhood.
He said that once he was in the theater, he looked around and realized he had "walked in to Planet of the Apes . . . into Africa, dude." He then said, "We walked in the door and there was no white people."
It was not a comment about the slums of Philadelphia looking "like the ruins of human civilization."
It was a comment about how he felt like he was surrounded by apes when he was surrounded by white people.
I had never heard the quote in context because I know enough about Rogan to know the accusations were BS.
Here's the full context:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv86aYtlBHQAnyone who watches that and thinks Rogan is coming from a racist place is crazy.
I've seen it. He feels like he had "walked into Planet of the Apes" and "into Africa," as, "there was no white people."