Joe Rogan has royally pissed off the internet with his new Netflix comedy special, “Burn the Boats.”
The podcast host’s latest show dropped on the streamer Saturday, and it was riddled with remarks about COVID-19 vaccines and the LGBTQ+ community amid his already controversial reputation. The special marks his first stand-up show since 2018.
The comedian, 56, had come under fire for his remarks about the COVID-19 vaccine in 2022. At the time, he was accused of promoting misinformation about the pandemic on his podcast, prompting Spotify to add content advisories on podcast episodes that discussed COVID-19.
During his latest special, Rogan hits back at those criticisms.
“If you’re getting your vaccine advice from me, is that really my fault?” he quips.
“After COVID, I’m like, ‘I don’t think we went to the moon. I think Michelle Obama’s got a dick,’” Rogan says in the special. “‘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.”
The “Fear Factor” alum goes on to slam trans representation.
“I’m open-minded. I just want to know what happened,” Rogan says. “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 dick and anybody who complains is a Nazi.”
“And everyone just accepts this new reality, and it’s fucking weird,” he adds. “I just think we need standards. You can’t just put lipstick on and now you can shit in the women’s room!”
Many social media users on X (formerly Twitter) blasted Rogan’s special online.
In 2022, the former TV host was slammed online after a video compilation of him using racial slurs circulated on social media.
He issued an apology in a February 2022 Instagram video and called the moment the “most regretful and shameful thing that I’ve ever had to talk about publicly.” He then claimed the clips were “taken out of context.”
“It’s not my word to use. I am well aware of that now, but for years I used it in that manner,” he said in a video clip. “I never used it to be racist because I’m not racist.”
