Why 'Hot Ones' Turned Down Kamala Harris for Pre-Election Interview

The Kamala Harris election team sat down for an interview about her loss in the 2024 Presidential Election.

Specifically, senior advisors Stephanie Cutter and David Plouffe, Harris-Walz campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon, and deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks were interviewed about some of what happened behind-the-scenes.

One issue that came up was why the current VP did not sit down for more popular podcasts. Donald Trump and Elon Musk both appeared on Joe Rogan‘s podcast in the weeks ahead of the election.

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“It was my understanding that you guys wanted to do a bunch of the larger, more popular, not specifically political podcasts,” they were asked on “Pod Save America.” “Never in time has there been a candidate better suited for a podcast than Kamala Harris on ‘Hot Ones.’”

Stephanie responded, “I think if I remember correctly, on ‘Hot Ones,’ they didn’t want to delve into politics….’Hot Ones,’ which is a great show, they didn’t want to do any politics, they weren’t going to take us or him [Donald Trump.]

Then, they said they did try to get on the Joe Rogan podcast.

David then said, “What’s clear is we offered to do it in Austin, people should know that. It didn’t work out.” Rogan claimed the Harris campaign wouldn’t travel to Austin.