Joe Rogan's Remarks About Violence Against Homeless People Leave Advocates 'Shocked': 'It's Repulsive'

Mar. 15, 2025

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In a July 14 episode ofThe Joe Rogan Experience, the controversial podcast host, 54, discussed the topic with guest Tom Segura.

Rogan went on to seemingly compare the situation with the city’s response to violent crime, claiming that while the government would take action if anybody tried to remove a homeless person’s property, they “wouldn’t arrest you if you shot somebody.”

“Maybe you should just go shoot the homeless people,” Rogan said, with Segura responding, “I like your ideas.”

Andy Bales, president and CEO of L.A.’s Union Rescue Mission, also reacted to Rogan’s remarks.

Representatives for Spotify and Rogan did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

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It’s not the first time theFear Factoralum’s podcast has come under fire.

In response, Spotify decided toinclude disclaimers on podcast episodesdiscussing COVID-19. Rogan issued an apology video on social media earlier this year, promising to make more of aneffort to “balance out” the opinionson his show.

Days later, however, Rogan faced another separate controversy when singer India Arie shared clips of Rogan repeatedly using a racial slur throughout many past episodes of his podcast. The resurfaced clipsprompted Rogan to apologize again. Arie also requested to have her music taken off Spotify.

source: people.com