With immense popularity, there are also a lot of scrutinies that come in a person’s way. Famous people often have to suffer through a lot of hate and trolling. Veteran UFC color commentator Joe Rogan is no different, too. Recently, Rogan spoke about how the hate used to get to him and also about how he deals with it currently.
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On an episode of his podcast, Rogan said, “I have something like 15 million Instagram followers and nine million Twitter. It’s a lot of people and if I absorb all their opinions, it’s unmanageable. But, I am so accustomed to people talking s**t about me…I can read someone being really mean about me and I just go, like it doesn’t get me anymore.”
He further said, “It used to get me. Like when like maybe like if you go back, the beginning of social media. If someone would say something mean to me, I’d be like, ‘What is this? This is awful.’ “
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This isn’t the first time the veteran UFC color commentator has addressed trolling. Even before this, Joe Rogan had blasted trolls and spoken about them being unsuccessful in their life.
Joe Rogan condemns the people who troll
Along with its uses, the rise of social media has also caused a lot of trouble. People can simply be disrespectful to each other without revealing their identity. Podcast host Joe Rogan discussed the same.
In an episode of his podcast, Joe Rogan spoke about how every text one receives online looks the same. He said, “The text that you would get from Holly Holm, someone you respect versus the text you get from some fat slobs…it looks the same as on text.” The veteran color commentator said that some people simply want to hurt the feelings of other people.
Rogan believes no hater does well in life. He said, “I’ve never met a hater that’s doing great. Like there is no haters that are like, ‘Man my f****g life is awesome.’ …Those people are all just losers. Just f****g losers, you know. I mean, there’s just no way around it. That’s all they are.”
Over the years, online trolling has become a prevalent issue in our society. Along with personal responsibility to avoid doing the same, people will hope that influencers like Joe Rogan will help combat this issue our society faces.
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Comment below and let us know how one can combat online trolling.
