Joe Rogan is under fire once again following antisemitic comments made on a recent show.
The 55-year-old host is a controversial figure. Over the years, some of the things he's said have rubbed a lot of people up the wrong way.
Most notably, people became incredibly concerned about the messages being spread on his show, The Joe Rogan Experience, during the Covid pandemic.
Known for having a wide range of guests, Rogan was criticised for spreading misinformation, such as telling young people that they didn't need to worry about getting the vaccine.
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And last year, hundreds of scientists signed a petition asking Spotify to discipline the comic following his episode with Dr Robert Malone, who made wild and unfounded claims about the vaccine, and was later banned from Twitter for his promotion of misleading information.
However, despite the controversies, Rogan has remained incredibly popular, with his podcast still number one in the world.
However, his latest comments about the Jewish community, which appeared to lean into a rather dangerous conspiracy theory, have again upset a lot of people.
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In a recent episode, the dad-of-three defended Republican representative Ilhan Omar of being antisemitic following comments she made in 2019 that it was 'all about the Benjamins' with regards to American sports in Israel.
He said: "That’s not an antisemitic statement, I don’t think that is. Benjamins are money.
"The idea that Jewish people don’t like money is ridiculous.
"That’s like sayings Italians aren’t into pizza. It’s f–king stupid.”
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Responding to the comments, Jonathan Greenblatt, director of the Anti-Defamation League, said he was appalled.
"It’s disturbing that, at a time of rising anti-Jewish violence, when growing numbers of Americans believe in antisemitic conspiracy theories, Joe would use his immense platform to spew ant-Semitic tropes about Jews and money," he told the New York Post.
"For centuries, people have used these longstanding tropes to spread vicious lies about the Jewish people."
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UK comic David Baddiel also took great offence to the remarks.
Taking to Twitter, the 58-year-old said it was outrageous that Rogan was allowed to say these things with impunity.
Sharing the clip, he said: "For the hard of understanding, ‘Jews are into money’ is not like ‘Italians are into pizza.
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"Because unless my history lessons really missed something out, no-one has exterminated a large section of the entire Italian community because of their love for pepperoni,” he quipped.
"Also, Joe Rogan has a 200 Million dollar deal with Spotify. And yet apparently it’s Jews who are into money."
Rogan's estranged father, Joe Snr., has also shared his concerns over his son's behaviour on his show.
"I’m not prejudiced," he said. "Everybody has got to live and I teach my kids that. This bothers me.
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"The money went to his head and his head got bigger than his hat — he fools people."
UNILAD has contacted Joe Rogan's representatives for a comment.
Dominic Smithers