Throughout Joe Rogan’s career, the former reality show star has created one of the most successful podcasts which gets millions of listeners. Joe has so many fans because he is honest about his opinions. Joe has spoken about how awful he thinks The View is, he criticized Taylor Swift, and he called The Big Bang Theory’s success “strange.” While Joe’s success has made him rich enough that fans wonder how much his staff gets paid, he also regularly faces criticism, including from a UFC legend.
Over the years, Joe has been defended by Howard Stern and Jon Stewart once had his back. However, nobody would have expected the rich and successful talk show hostJimmy Kimmel to side with Joe. Amazingly enough, however, Jimmy once defended Joe even though they’d feuded over the years.
Jimmy Kimmel Defended Joe Rogan And “The Joe Rogan Experience”
Looking at Jimmy Kimmel’s history in the public eye, he arguably is one of the most fascinating figures in the pop culture landscape. After being one of the co-hosts of The Man Show, Jimmy went from embracing controversy to criticizing other people for their statements.
That change led to Joe Rogan calling Jimmy out on multiple occasions. The fact that Jimmy and Joe have feuded in public is fascinating for a couple of major reasons.
First off, when Jimmy and his co-host, Adam Carolla, quit The Man Show, Joe Rogan was one of people who took over the show. Secondly, Jimmy once defended Joe against efforts to cancel the podcast host despite their well-documented feud.
After the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm, Joe welcomed people like Dr. Robert Malone and Dr. Peter McCullough on his podcast. Since those two men expressed controversial sentiments at the time, Joe was accused of spreading misinformation.
Who Hosted The Man Show? | |
|---|---|
Host | Tenure |
Jimmy Kimmel | 1999–2003 |
Adam Carolla | 1999–2003 |
Bill Foster | 1999–2000 |
Aaron Hamill | 2000–2003 |
Joe Rogan | 2003–2004 |
Doug Stanhope | 2003–2004 |
In response to the accusations that Joe was spreading misinformation, there was a huge backlash. That scandal resulted in many people calling for Spotify to no longer publish “The Joe Rogan Experience.” However, as The Hollywood Reporter reported at the time, Spotify stuck by Joe.
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In April 2022, Jimmy appeared on The New York Times’ “Sway“ podcast. During the resulting conversation, Jimmy discussed the scandal surrounding Joe Rogan at that time.
In January 2022,
Variety
published an article recapping a video Joe Rogan released in which he stated that he wasn’t trying to spread misinformation. “I’m not trying to promote misinformation. I’m not trying to be controversial. I’ve never tried to do anything with this podcast other than just talk to people and have interesting conversations.”
Even though it was no secret that they didn’t see eye-to-eye, Jimmy began by defending Joe. To be specific, Jimmy commented that he didn’t believe in efforts to silence people like Joe, even if he didn’t agree with them.
I don’t necessarily think that anybody should be shut up.
Even though Jimmy defended Joe, that doesn’t mean that he was happy about how the podcaster handled the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since Joe Rogan’s comments about COVID-19 inspired outrage, many people have changed their views about his comments. Most notably, many of his fans have since concluded that Joe’s stance has been vindicated.
Instead, Jimmy went on to state during the podcast episode that he wished that people like Joe were more responsible while talking about the virus.
“I wish people would pay attention to the facts and I wish people were just consistent.”
At that point, Jimmy wasn’t done talking about how irresponsible he believed Joe had been.
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As his discussion on the podcast continued, Jimmy talked about his belief that Joe’s comments were harmful.
During Jimmy Kimmel’s appearance on
The New York Times’
“Sway” podcast, he also revealed the nature of his personal relationship with Joe Rogan. “I don’t know [Joe Rogan] at all… I have met him…and I think he’s a funny guy.”
Jimmy went so far as to state that he believed that people he knew had been put in danger because of Joe’s comments about COVID-19.
“I know people who trust what he says, and I personally know people who have put themselves in danger because he minimized the importance of vaccines.”
Even though Jimmy was critical of Joe’s comments, he wasn’t done defending the host of “The Joe Rogan Experience.” Even though he had been a staunch supporter of the COVID-19 vaccine, Jimmy admitted that the matter wasn’t cut and dry while he was talking about Joe’s comments.
I also know that it’s not as black and white as sometimes the media makes it out to be.
Joe Rogan Once Said He Was Siding With Jimmy Kimmel Despite Their Feud
In January 2024, Jimmy Kimmel and Aaron Rodgers were embroiled in one of the nastiest celebrity feuds of all-time. At that time, Jimmy and Aaron had a disagreement about the much-talked about Jeffrey Epstein list. It was widely reported that Aaron had suggested that he believed that Jimmy would be on the list linked to the revolting crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein.
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Amidst the drama, Aaron appeared on “The Joe Rogan Experience” as can be seen in a YouTube clip of their discussion. During that discussion, Aaron stated that he was never saying that Jimmy was associated with Jeffrey Epstein and that his comments were misunderstood.
In response, Joe told Aaron that he previously believed that he’d accused Jimmy of being involved with the criminal’s revolting actions. Since the argument between Jimmy and Aaron was based around those comments, that meant that Joe initially sided with the talk show host.
“If someone saw that out of context, you could see how, and I thought that [was what] you were saying. Oh, yeah. Because I saw it out of context. I thought that you were saying that Jimmy Kimmel was on that list.”
It has to be noted, however, that Joe also took some time out to speak about his issues with Jimmy when he was talking to Aaron. Joe explained that he really wanted to ask Jimmy about the talk show host once joking that unvaccinated people shouldn’t be treated immediately in hospitals.
To Joe and Jimmy’s credit, both men were willing to defend each other when their principles demanded that. However, since Joe and Jimmy have both repeatedly criticized each other, it remains clear that they still don’t see eye-to-eye.
Joe Rogan
- Birthname
- Joseph J. Rogan
- Birthdate
- August 11, 1967
- Birthplace
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Height
- 5’7
- @joerogan
- @joerogan
- Profession
- Host
- Net worth
- $120,000,000
- Source of Wealth
- Podcast, endorsements
- Nationality
- American
