Joe Rogan called out Donald Trump on his podcast after the President made a controversial comment on the deaths of veteran Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michelle Singer Reiner. The podcast host criticized Trump’s remarks, saying they were “not funny.”
Joe Rogan says ‘there’s no justification’ for Donald Trump’s comments about Rob Reiner’s death
Earlier this month, veteran comedian and filmmaker Rob Reiner was found dead in his California home alongside his wife, Michelle. Authorities are investigating the deaths as homicides. The news sent shockwaves through Hollywood, with many prominent figures paying tribute to the director.
However, Donald Trump responded differently. In a post on his Truth Social account, the President wrote about Reiner, “He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession with President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!”
The comments did not sit well with most people, including Joe Rogan, who called the President out on his podcast.
“The Rob Reiner thing is not funny,” Rogan said. “When you see it with no empathy, that’s when it’s hard to like.”
Podcast guest Shane Gillis agreed that the comments were wrong and said he wished Trump “could apologize” for them. However, both Gillis and Rogan acknowledged that an apology was unlikely.
Rogan continued, “Listen, there’s no justification for what he did that makes any sense in a compassionate society. It’s no different than people that were celebrating when Charlie Kirk got shot. It’s the same kind of thing.”
The two then discussed how the public reaction might have differed if a former president had made similar remarks. “Imagine if Obama tweeted something about someone after they died in this way,” Rogan said. “That this person was a deranged person that hated Obama.”
They went on to describe the situation as “crazy.” Rogan added, “It’s so disappointing. It’s like why. If you say that privately, that’s one thing, which is also crazy, but it’s so disappointing.”
Rogan further remarked that someone should have taken “his f***ing phone” away.
Originally reported by Sourav Chakraborty on ComingSoon.
