Podcaster Joe Rogan talks to author Coleman Hughes opens up about his controversial interview on ‘The View’, accusing the show’s host of being notoriously offensive.
In late March, Hughes joined his co-hosts on “The View” to discuss his book, “The End of Racial Politics: An Argument for a Colorblind America.” During the show, co-host Sunny Hostin accused Hughes’ “colorblindness claims” of being co-opted by the right wing, saying that many in the black community believed that Hughes was “being used as a pawn.” He claimed that he believed that he was a charlatan. right. ”
“I don’t think there’s any evidence that anyone took advantage of me, and I think it’s an inhumane tactic that keeps people from addressing issues that actually matter,” Hughes said after noting his history of voting Democratic. he argued. That’s the conversation we’re having here. ”
On the podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the host said “The View” is a show that “people hate” because clips of the hosts saying “stupid things” go viral. ” was ridiculed as “rabies.” The chicken coop was infested. ”
Podcaster Joe Rogan speaks with Coleman Hughes, author of The End of Racial Politics: An Argument for a Colorblind America. (The Joe Rogan Experience and Spotify)
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Hughes recalled joining The View having “no idea what was going to happen,” adding, “I didn’t know who Sunny Hostin was, and I actually don’t really know much yet. No,” he added.
He said, “I didn’t necessarily expect her to ambush me in that way and try to attack my character in that way, so I reacted to it in the moment, and I didn’t expect it to work,” he elaborated, “and as widespread as the virus, I think it probably caught the virus more than anything else I’ve ever done.” ”
Hughes later said, “At the same time, the most interesting thing was that their audience seemed to be on my side.”
Rogan suggested that many in the audience on set are paid to be there, which is common in the industry, but “think, ‘Oh, these women are making a point.’ “The real fans of ‘The View’ like that, most of the audience do that.” These people are unable to leave their homes and are probably stuck. The host also claimed that although Hostin seems intelligent, she is “obsessed with ideology” and that some of the other hosts are “very insensitive.”
Mr. Hughes claimed that Mr. Hostin had read his book twice and suggested that “I think she went into this with a purpose,” but Mr. Hughes called that claim “mostly false.” It was rejected as “not true.”
Author and podcast host Coleman Hughes will appear on “The View” on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, to discuss his new book. (Screenshot/ABC/TheView)
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Rogan said the main problem with The View is that they “operate in a very specific ideological bubble, and they always bring in a fake conservative woman and yell at her.” “We should have known that they had done it,” he said. With Megan McCain. ”
Hughes argued that he had eight minutes to spread a message about race and that many viewers would benefit from hearing it, but Hostin spent much of that time attacking his character. He lamented that his decision to call her out in the advertisement ultimately backfired. – Hominem attacked and asked her to return to her subject.
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“One of the reasons this topic has become so popular, people have told me, is that people who have been subjected to personality attacks on major TV platforms calmly expose it as unsubstantiated and then quickly get back on topic. Because you rarely see people go back,” he said.
FOX News’ Hannah Panlec contributed to this report.
