Joe Budden Fires Longtime Co-Host Rory During Episode And Confirms Podcast Is Officially Over
The rapper and podcast personality made several outbursts during a now-deleted episode of his popular podcast.
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The Joe Budden Podcast will no longer feature co-hosts Rory and Mal, according to the show’s creator. During the latest episode of the show, Budden called out Rory, who presumably wasn’t present for the recording, and labeled him “entitled.”
“We’re gonna do this since Rory feels like he has so many options here, somehow he still feels like he’s running the show [and] he still feels like he has choices and options, he feels like he’s entitled to more,” Budden said. “Rory, you are in breach of your contract. And from this point forward, you are fired and you are not welcome back.”
Twitter was set ablaze on Wednesday (May 12) after Joe Budden fired his
Joe Budden Podcast co-host Rory during the latest episode. According to Budden, both Rory and Mal had unrealistic demands he simply refused to meet.
“Since Rory feels like he has so many options here, somehow he still feels like he’s running the show,” Budden said. “He feels like he’s entitled to more. Rory, you are in breach of your contract. And from this point forward, you are fired, and you are not welcome back.”
Shortly after the news started circulating, Rory took to Twitter to briefly address the podcast controversy in a series of tweets, promising to go more in-depth soon.
Just when it seemed the hosts of
The Joe Budden Podcast had repaired their damaged relationships, things took a sharp left on Wednesday (May 12) when Joe Budden fired co-host Rory during Episode 437: “You Want It To Be One Way.”
Although Budden allegedly took down the episode just one hour after posting it, there are several recordings of the incident floating around on Twitter.
In a clip, Budden is going off about contracts, advertisers and money when he says, “Y’all will not continue to treat me this way. Y’all not going to continue to treat these people this way. Y’all take that fuckin’ dark energy, that arrogance and entitlement somewhere else. I say all of that to say, we gonna do this since Rory feels like he has so many options.