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Trigger Warning: “Oh My God”- Joe Rogan Left Horrified by Drive-By Shooting That Had 3 People Killed

Published 12/07/2023, 7:41 AM EST

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Joe Rogan renowned for his in-depth discussions on various topics within and beyond the Octagon, has encountered a multitude of incidents throughout his multimillion-dollar podcast, ‘Joe Rogan Experience’. The show is home to some of the most intriguing conversations and funny moments with some of the most interesting individuals invited as guests.

However, there are times when the JRE host gets into serious discussions too, which happened this time around after he witnessed a horrifying video. On a recent episode, the show’s co-producer Jamie Vernon suggested a video of a drive-by shooting, an experience that left Rogan visibly shaken, alongside his guest.  Let’s take a look at what transpired.

Joe Rogan shocked after witnessing a violent video

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In the #2072 episode of the JRE podcast had Stavros Halkias as the guest. The host and guest engaged in a conversation about distinguishing reality from deception in today’s world. Subsequently, producer Jamie Vernon inquired whether Joe Rogan and Halkias had seen a viral video of a drive-by shooting circulating on social media. However, Vernon was uncertain about the location of the incident.

“Yesterday [there] was this crazy drive-by video. I don’t know [from] where [it is],” said the JRE producer. He then proceeded to put up the video, which drew horrifying reactions from both Joe Rogan and Stavros Halkias.

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In pure shock, Joe Rogan said, “Oh my God!” It was perhaps one of the most violent videos he’d ever witnessed to let out that kind of reaction. Moreover, Halkias was petrified after witnessing the video as well. He said, “Oh no, dude, that sucks.”

The video showed a few individuals in a car killing three other individuals by shooting them. However, they did not stop there. “It gets really more violent,” said Jamie Vernon, who told Joe Rogan that things were about to get more violent even when the victims were already dead.

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This unfortunate video led the American commentator and podcaster to share his opinion about such kinds of videos.

Rogan’s views on violent videos

The 56-year-old claimed that these kinds of violent shooting and killing videos are available to everybody online. He thinks that it is primarily because of CCTV cameras and other electronic devices with cameras. Rogan said, “There is so much of that kind of stuff now available online because of these f***ing cameras and sh*t, cell phones.”

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Rogan also mentioned that social media platforms, like Instagram, are full of content of this sort. Further, Rogan added that he and his close friend and fellow comedian Tom Segura share such content with each other. “Like Instagram is flooded with that stuff. Me and [Tom] Segura, every day, send each other sh*t. Like, the worst sh*t we could find,” the JRE host added.

Unfortunately, such incidents of shootings take place all over the world. However, Joe Rogan was horrified after witnessing the death of three people. We will have to wait and see what more videos are revealed by the 56-year-old and his co-producer Jamie Vernon on the ‘Joe Rogan Experience’ in future episodes.

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