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The Will Smith and Chris Rock incident at the Oscars has been the talk of the town. Many big names have spoken about the incident. This includes Spotify podcaster, Joe Rogan. In a recent episode on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’, he spoke to his guest about the Smith-Rock slap situation.

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Rogan had a slightly different take on Smith’s action. The podcaster felt that there was a fictional element to what took place.

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Rogan said, “He was doing some weird movie thing. It was like, he was getting away with it as if he was living in a fictional movie. Like, the idea that you think it’s smart while wearing a tuxedo to walk onto a stage in front of the world… and smack a comedian for the most mild joke and then, sit there quivering, saying ‘keep my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth’.”

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“These people live in this fake world… ,” he added.

Rogan further went on to discuss how famous Will Smith was. He said Smith was “so removed from regular discourse and interaction with regular people that he, for whatever reason in his head, acted like he is a character in a movie.”

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The podcaster’s guest, Josh Barnett agreed with Rogan’s perspective. However, Rogan felt the whole situation, including Smith’s speech for winning the academy award was ‘bizarre’.

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Joe Rogan: More on the Will Smith and Chris Rock incident

Both the personalities further went on to talk about how the incident could have further repercussions. As per Rogan, people look up to actors, and hence, he wondered about the situation’s impact on society. As a comedian himself, he also spoke about how it could affect comedy clubs.

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On the UFC side, Rogan is all set to commentate at UFC 273. With the event just around the corner, several huge names are on the cards. The event is especially important for the featherweight and bantamweight divisions because of their title fights. Hence, watching Joe Rogan commentate as well as conduct in-ring interviews will be interesting.

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UFC 273 takes place on April 9 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Rogan will be joined by fellow commentators Jon Anik and Paul Felder.

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Which fight are you excited for? Let us know in the comments below.

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