Podcast host Joe Rogan blew up on “The View” cohost Joy Behar for claiming that he “believes in dragons” and then saying that was a good reason for people to discredit his program.
During the most recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that dropped on Thanksgiving Day, Rogan was speaking to his guests about Behar, who recently said, “we went from Walter Cronkite, basically, to this guy Joe Rogan who believes in dragons. I checked it.”
“I had to read the thing about ‘The View’ because I just thought it was funny,” Rogan said. “Joy Behar was trying to say I believe in dragons! She said, ‘I checked it, I checked it!’ And then the lady goes, ‘Did you double check it,’ and she goes, ‘I checked it, he believes in dragons. They lived alongside people.’”
“This is the most important part,” he added. “This is right after she was saying, ‘We are run by ABC News, you should trust us,’ not Joe Rogan who believes in dragons,’ so by saying we should trust them because they’re double checked by ABC News and then making the stupidest f**kng statement — You didn’t listen to what I said, you didn’t listen to what the wildlife biologist said.”
“When you’re worried about losing your job and you’re worried about podcasts taking over and who is the source of news and, ‘We said Donald Trump is Hitler, but half the country disagreed with us and this is crazy and Joe Rogan believes in dragons!’ It’s just frantic,” the podcast host continued.
Rogan closed out the segment making it clear he had “no hate” for Behar and would even give her a hug if he saw her.
“I’d probably say the same thing about me if I was her,” the podcast host said. “It’s no big deal, I don’t care, but it’s a silly thing saying it. It undermines your own personal credibility if you say we’re so good because we’re supported by ABC News and then you Joe Rogan believes in dragons in the next sentence.”
Despite Behar’s claim, what Rogan actually said was that he was “fascinated” by the things that did not exist but still appeared across cultures — like dragons. He then explained that he believed people had seen something real, like a large lizard, which inspired exaggerations and stories that led to the legends. On the notion of fire-breathing dragons that hoarded treasure, Rogan’s assessment was simple: “Bulls***.”
After video of Behar’s wild claim began circulating on X — and someone pointed out that “The View” had labeled him a “dragon believer” — Rogan announced: “That’s my new official X description.”
Virginia Kruta contributed to this piece.
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