No shock about shock comic's targets in new special

Joe Rogan has taken aim at gay people and transgender rights in his latest Netflix special.

The streamer – which has previously given multi-million dollar platforms to Dave Chappelle and Ricky Gervais to deliver material condemned as transphobic  – last night aired Rogan's latest special live from Texas.

In the show, Burn The Boats, he said he wouldn’t like to be ‘surrounded’ by gay men,

The comic and top-rated podcaster said: ‘I love gay men. But I think about gay men the same way I think about mountain lions: I’m happy they’re real, but I don’t want to be surrounded by them. They’re a bunch of dudes who fuck dudes. I don’t like my chances, OK?’

Turning to trans issues, Rogan be said he was  ‘open-minded’ before adding: ‘I just want to know what happened. It’s almost like a pervert wizard waved a magic spell on the whole world. "With a wave of this wand, you can walk into the women’s Locker Room with a hard cock, and anybody who complains is a Nazi".

He also renewed his scepticism about Covid vaccines, suggesting people had been taken in by propaganda: ‘We lost a lot of people during Covid, and most of them are still alive.’

Rogan added: ‘Before Covid, I would have told you that vaccines are the most important invention in human history. After COVID, I’m like, "I don’t think we went to the moon. I think Michelle Obama’s got a dick. I think Pizzagate is real. I think there’s direct energy weapons in Antarctica."  I’m just kidding — I don’t think Michelle Obama’s got a dick, but I believe all of that other shit."

Later he said: ‘If you’re getting your vaccine information from me, is that really my fault?’ 

And he further distanced himself from any consequence of what he says by reminding people: ’I’m a professional shit-talker’ and said that many of the controversial comments attributed to him were taken out of context when he was drunk or high.

Published: 4 Aug 2024