On Wednesday morning, one of the most popular music podcasts came to an abrupt end. Budden proclaimed the Joe Budden Podcast, which he co-hosted with Rory and Mal, to be “100,000 percent finished.” The show’s 437th episode was uploaded to YouTube early Wednesday morning, only to be taken down a short time later, but not before some fans had a chance to listen to it. Budden would finally re-post the episode for viewers to watch on his Patreon account.
In the new episode, Budden, who is seated alone on the set that usually features Rory and Mal with him, begins by addressing the former of his previous co-hosts. “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,” he said. “Rory, you are in breach of your contract. And from this point forward, you are fired and you are not welcome back.” Despite this, Budden did not reveal exactly how Rory breached his contract.
Elsewhere, Budden called Rory a “liability” and encouraged him and Mal to start their own show elsewhere. After the episode was initially posted to YouTube, Budden hopped on Twitter and gave a brief message, writing, “Helluva run!! God bless.” He also responded to a few fans who had thoughts on the podcast’s end.
You can read the tweets from Budden below.
