As fans pick sides in the Joe Budden podcast crew’s blowup, Rory Farrell jumps on social media to thank the fans and promised to address the situation soon.
Rory Farrell and Jamil “Mal” Clay, were noticeably missing from the podcast in March and as the weeks went by there was no mention of it by the founder of the podcast Joe Budden. It appeared everything was fine with the men once again appearing as a trio, but Wednesday (May 12), leaked audio from a recent episode shows Budden ranting about Rory and Mal. The host complained about his friends feeling entitled and not bringing anything to the table.
“Since Rory feels like he has so many options here, somehow he still feels like he’s running the show. He feels like he’s entitled to more,” Budden is heard saying in the clip. “Rory, you are in breach of your contract. And from this point forward, you are fired, and you are not welcome back.” After his name became a trending topic and the world knew that he was axed from JBP, Rory popped up on Twitter to share a statement.
The fans started to pick sides and coming up to their own conclusion on who was right in the situation. Even Rory and Mal’s sworn enemy in DJ Akademiks had his own reaction to the situation putting blame on the co-hosts more than Budden.
A couple of fans compared Joe Budden’s actions to being arrogant and acting in the way of a hip hop heavyweight such as rap billionaire Jay-Z and hip hop mogul Diddy.
Man started hanging around Puff and tried to make moves like him. You look real suspect. Not due to letting them go, but airing dirty laundry out on a podcast without them being able to defend themselves. And you lied to them, “we guesstimated numbers” Nah, you lied to them.
— J (@Volunteerfox) May 12, 2021
This nigga tryna be jayz. He said it the last podcast. I quote (so what). Smh. What he don’t understand is he is not jayz. Because if he noticed jayz still wit the guys he started with.
— cocainerivers (@Cocainerivers1) May 12, 2021
To your hands. Y’all some grown ass kids. Friends for 10 years. And that’s a problem. Heck him and mal was friends for 20 years maybe longer. This is just another joe burning things down. Smh. If you don’t think mal and Rory are ten toes down. We not looking at the same thing.
— cocainerivers (@Cocainerivers1) May 12, 2021
“Mannn .. what an era,” tweeted Farrell. “Thank you to everyone that listened, supported, told their friends about us, bought a subscription, ticket, or merch .. any value starts & ends with y’all .. I’ll get to that messy sh*t soon but in the meantime I’m here to celebrate an amazing run!! Love.”
Then he joked, “I just read that back and it sounded like the Bow Wow ‘Thank You’ record smfh [pouring tears crying emoji].” After news circulated, Budden fired off a series of tweets. “Friend or not, I’m NEVER funding someone’s sabotage of me, that will NEVER happen,” said Budden. “I get far away from the threat…. You can think piece until your face turns blue.”
You can check out Rory’s tweets below and a couple tweets from fans debating whether the two men should amend their friendship eventually.
Pod or not, I hope you guys reconnect your friendship. Been a great run, you’ve guys got me through two deployments and multiple countries away from home. Appreciate y’all investing y’all time.
— André (@andrejones_) May 13, 2021
Nah, Joe a horrible friend, Rory needs to stay away. He doesn’t need all that toxicity!
— Palesa M 🌿 (@TheeOnly_Shadi) May 13, 2021
Your inferring a lot because the way you put it he was on several podcasts during that contract. You don't know the language of the actual contract so don't act like you do.
— I'm a LORD… really (@GPCarlo101) May 13, 2021
