Chael Sonnen has earned a reputation for his controversial opinions and trash talks. Recently, Sonnen decided to lash out at Joe Rogan‘s best buddy, Bert Kreischer, for addressing Elon Musk over the ‘blue tick’ controversy going around. Elon Musk became the CEO of Twitter in 2022, and recently he decided to bring some changes to the global social media platform. He removed the blue checkmark from the Twitter handles of celebrities. The blue tick mark gives verified status to celebrities’ social media handles. This helps fans to recognize the original account of their favorite celebrities easily.

Musk removed the blue tick from most of the celebrities’ accounts; however, he left some, even though they had not paid any amount. One such celebrity was Rogan’s buddy, Kreischer. Kreischer is an American solo comedian who has appeared in Rogan’s podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, multiple times. ‘The Machine’ chose to take a jibe at Musk for his recent actions and this provoked Sonnen.

Chael Sonnen lashes out at the best buddy of Joe Rogan

Twitter removed the verified status from the accounts of many celebrities, including MMA fighters. Some of the MMA fighters who lost their verified status chose to speak up against Musk’s actions. While some gave a harsh response to the Twitter CEO, some laughed it off. When it comes to Rogan’s buddy, the case is quite different. Twitter didn’t remove his verified status even without paying a single penny. Kreischer tweeted, “How am I still verified for free @elonmusk“

In response to the comedian’s tweet, the retired UFC star, Sonnen wrote, “How about all these quasi-celebrities who feel the need to TWEET that they have a blue checkmark, but did not pay for it. Their goal to act confused, while actually bragging and hinting Elon personally did something for them is very transparent and equally as annoying as they are.”

Sonnen supported Rogan throughout the Spotify controversy

Chael Sonnen often states his opinion on controversial issues. When Joe Rogan was going through the Spotify controversy, ‘The American Gangster’ came forward to support Rogan for addressing the issue. Back in 2022, when people asked Spotify to remove Rogan’s show from their platform, the 55-year-old was pushed into a tight situation.

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 However, Sonnen felt that the show’s purpose was to provide entertainment for people. He asked the public not to consider JRE as a source of information. He came forward to explain to the crowd that the show was more like two people having a conversation with each other. Hence, he asked them to take the show in its proper sense.

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