The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory & Mal came to a sudden end in May when the show’s dogmatic host fired Rory on-air over financial disputes. Budden was upset they had the “gall” to think they were more “deserving” than him.
“Y’all take that fuckin’ dark energy, that arrogance and entitlement somewhere else,” he said at the time. “I say all of that to say, we gonna do this since Rory feels like he has so many options. Somehow he still feels he’s running the show. He still feels like he has choices and options. He feels like he’s entitled to more.
“Rory, you are in breach of your contract and from this point forward, you are fired! And you’re not welcome back.”
Five months later, the discarded co-hosts’ own podcast, New Rory & Mal, was picked up by SiriusXM’s Stitcher and will air weekly every Tuesday and Friday.
While Budden has yet to address his former colleagues’ latest moves on an episode of the JBP, he did have some thoughts he wanted to share on his Instagram Stories. In true Budden fashion, he subtly threw a little jab their way without mentioning their names.
“They’ll question your character once you stop taking care of them,” he wrote, likely in response to the extensive interview Rory and Mal recently did with Vulture.
During the conversation, Mal expressed how frustrated he became with how The Joe Budden Podcast operated and cryptically pointed the finger at the show’s namesake.
“There were a lot of things we wanted to do in the old show that we weren’t able to because we just didn’t have as much control after a while,” Mal said. “Looking back, that was the beginning of the end.
'Joe Budden Podcast' Goes Down In Flames After Co-Host Rory Is Fired On Air
“Honestly, all that started when every time we wanted to try something, the energy around it would just be like, ‘Ehh, I don’t know.’ Despite the fact that this is our show, you know what I mean? “And then there were also a lot of business meetings that were happening that we didn’t know about.”
Neither Rory or Mal have disclosed the details of their new contract but shortly after they made the announcement, TIDAL’s Elliott Wilson shared a meme to his Instagram account from Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Kareem “Biggs” Burke suggesting it was worth $10 million.
Joe Budden mad . Congrats Mal and Rory ??☘️
Joe salty because the boys showed they didn’t need his vulture @$$
Budden’s podcast doing fine without them+their podcast got them paid well=it’s All Good
Budden’s podcast lost half its viewers. Ice and Ish are cool but Budden, will do what Budden does to those close to him soon enough. Podcast is doing good but let’s not act like the “Network” part of the Joe Budden Network didn’t basically fall apart.
It’s enough money for everybody. Mal wasn’t even trying to pod on JBP most days but the break definitely charged them to go out and get it.
I loved the show with the fellas, I still love the show after the fellas. I am happy MAL and Rory found their own direction and was able to capitalize off of the energy from the JBP. Let’s not act like JBP couldn’t acquire a 10 million dollar deal. It was never about getting it, it was about how you get it and what you had to give up to do so. If you were ever a real fan you would know that. That’s where the fellas began to disagree and that’s ok. That is why each man must walk his own path. Congrats to all the fellas as all of them are successful in their own right.