“I know that for most people there is no context in which a white person is allowed to say that, nothing that is publicly in a podcast, and I agree with that,” Rogan said at the time.
In an interview with The Times, Jackson dismissed this.
“It’s not the context, dude, it’s convenient for him to do it,” he told The Times. “Say you’re sorry you want to keep your money, but you had fun and you say you did it because it was fun.”
Jackson added that “it has to be an element of what the story is about. The story is a context – but just to make people laugh? That’s wrong.”
He also discussed director and writer Quentin Tarantino, who has used the word in several of his films, including Criminal Reading and Django Released. Jackson is involved in both projects.
The actor said that during the filming of “Jango released”, his colleague Leonardo DiCaprio said during rehearsals that he was uncomfortable using the insult as many times as required of his character in the script.
“Quentin and I said we should. Every time someone wants an example of n-word overuse, he goes to Quentin – it’s unfair,” Jackson said. “He just tells the story and the characters talk like that. When [fellow director] Steve McQueen does it, it’s an art. He is an artist. Quentin is just a popcorn director. “
CNN asked Rogan’s representatives for comment.