Rogan, a member of the UFC broadcast team as a color commentator since UFC 37.5 in 2002, has scaled back his broadcast work since Mike Goldberg's departure at the end of 2016. At present, the long-time martial arts enthusiast only covers domestic pay-per-view events each year and is no longer assigned to every event.

The book, by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, details the Harris camp’s frustration with the Rogan booking process. The book said that the Harris campaign arranged an event with Beyoncé in Houston on Oct. 25 in order to fit with a possible Rogan sitdown in nearby Austin.

Comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan pushed back against recent accusations he was uncooperative in setting up an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris, insisting there were “a bunch of different things that weren’t true.