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Inside the Relationship Between Joe Rogan and Elon Musk

Published 06/19/2023, 4:09 PM EDT

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Joe Rogan supported Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase

Joe Rogan displayed great enthusiasm for Elon Musk’s potential acquisition of Twitter. During an episode of the JRE, accompanied by comedian Duncan Trussell, Rogan delved into discussions about the present state of leadership and the essential need for guidance.

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Emphasizing the general excitement surrounding Musk’s interest in purchasing Twitter, Rogan remarked, “We look to powerful leaders. That’s why, me included, everyone is so excited that Elon Musk is trying to buy Twitter.”

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He further expressed, “We’re like, ‘Yes. The great one.’ He’s the super intelligent leader-type character that seems to have great ethics and morals, too. And he seems to be like a guy, like, if you got a movie character, and the movie character was like this super billionaire who didn’t give a f**k, but he was super f**king smart, and he was really genuinely working to save humanity. That’s that guy.” 

Elon Musk has been on Joe Rogan’s podcast three times

Elon Musk has graced “The Joe Rogan Experience” not just once, but three times, spanning a significant period of time. His first appearance dates back to 2018 on episode #1169.

After nearly two years, Musk made his second appearance on the podcast in 2020, specifically on episode #1470.

In the following year, 2021, Elon Musk returned once again to “The Joe Rogan Experience,” this time on episode #1609.

It’s worth noting that the first two episodes of Musk’s appearances on the JRE are readily available on YouTube, where they have amassed a staggering 98 million views as of June 2023. This mind-boggling number doesn’t even include the counts from Spotify.

Elon Musk Goes Off on Twitter After Joe Rogan’s $100,000 Challenge to Robert F. Kennedy Naysayer Peter Hotez for a Debate 

Joe Rogan found himself in a Twitter debate when vaccine researcher Dr. Peter Hotez accused him and his guest, Robert R. Kennedy Jr., of spreading misinformation on the JRE podcast.

Dr. Hotez wrote, “Spotify Has Stopped Even Sort of Trying to Stem Joe Rogan’s Vaccine Misinformation. It’s really true ⁦ @annamerlan ⁩ just awful. And from all the online attacks I’m receiving after this absurd podcast, it’s clear many actually believe this nonsense”

In response, Rogan offered $100,000 to settle the debate.

Rogan wrote, “Peter, if you claim what RFKjr is saying is “misinformation” I am offering you $100,000.00 to the charity of your choice if you’re willing to debate him on my show with no time limit.”

This offer caught the attention of Elon Musk, who expressed his interest in fire emojis in the comments section. And further went on to tweet on the matter himself.

Musk wrote, “He’s afraid of a public debate, because he knows he’s wrong”.

Joe Rogan offered to train Elon Musk to fight Vladimir Putin

Elon Musk surprised the world by challenging Russian President Vladimir Putin to a “single combat” amid the conflict in Ukraine. Musk boldly tweeted the challenge, symbolically placing Ukraine as the stakes and purposely using Cyrillic letters.

The SpaceX boss wrote, “I hereby challenge Владимир Путин[Vladimir Putin] to single combat Stakes are Україна[Ukraine]”.

In an unexpected twist, Joe Rogan offered to train Musk for the fight, expressing his excitement about the potential showdown. During the episode #1794 of the JRE, with an air of excitement, Rogan shared the details, stating to his guest Monty Franklin, “Elon Musk wants – he wants to fight Putin. Have you seen that?”

He then divulged his proposal to Musk, “I offered my services. I texted him, I said, ‘Dude I will arrange all of your training.’ ‘If you really do fight Putin’, I said, ‘I will arrange all your training’… It would be so f**king epic.”

Musk’s audacity and Rogan’s offer to train him injected a dash of excitement into the public discourse.

Joe Rogan Admits Talking to Elon Musk Changed His Perception of the “Smartest F**king Man in the World” 

During a conversation on the Hotboxin’ podcast with Mike Tyson, Joe Rogan openly expressed his admiration for Elon Musk and how he finds him to be great company.

Rogan specifically mentioned to Tyson, “I think you would enjoy his company. He is a really nice guy. He is very unassuming, for the smartest f**king guy in the world.” Rogan further added that Musk is not only easy to talk to but also incredibly interesting. He noted, “He is really easy to talk to, and he is interesting to talk to. Because like he has got solutions for sh*t and he is trying to do them.”

Billionaire Owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, Goes Off on Joe Rogan & Elon Musk After Peter Hotez Podcast Debate Proposal

As Joe Rogan and Dr. Peter Hotez engaged in a heated Twitter debate, billionaire Mark Cuban entered the conversation and criticized Rogan for his derogatory remarks about the pharmaceutical industry. Cuban posted a lengthy tweet expressing his views and even brought Elon Musk into the discussion.

Cuban’s entire tweet:

“Way to talk in generalities Joe. Not saying there aren’t a lot of fucked up things about pharma. That’s why we created Costplusdrugs.com. But to ignore that the same industry has saved who knows how many lives is bullsh*t and you know it.
It’s also disrespectful to all the doctors, researchers and medical professionals that dedicate their lives to saving lives, like Dr Hotez and the 800k plus doctors in the country that believe vaccines save lives

You arent trying to find the ground truth on vaccines. If you were you would bring on someone who focused on debating the issue. Like
@thereal_truther.

Trying to bully Dr Hotez is ridiculous. You have producers that will prepare you and you get to control the conversation.

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@RobertKennedyJr also has a staff ready to prepare him, and these topics are what he talks about in every speech.

You both do this on a daily basis Dr Hotez works every day to try to find ways to help people.

Joe , you and @elonmusk’s @twitter are the mainstream online media and your platforms have become everything supposedly wrong with MSM. You are driven by self interest. Just like the MSM always has been accused of.
And you both have earned that right. You busted your asses to be great at what you do and earned all you have accomplished.
But don’t lie to yourselves and all of us and tell us you are different. You aren’t.”

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Owing to the fact that his voice holds such significance, Joe Rogan surely gets his share of backlash, too.

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Mayur Soni

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Mayur Soni is a UFC writer at EssentiallySports. His journey as an MMA fan started with Conor McGregor’s historic 13-second knockout of Jose Aldo in 2015, which sparked his love for the sport. Since then, he has closely followed the sport and gained an in-depth understanding of its nuances, which reflects in his insightful and analytical writing.
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Anuj Jacob