unilad homepage
unilad homepage
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • World News
    • Crime
    • Health
    • Money
    • Sport
    • Travel
  • Music
  • Technology
  • Film and TV
    • News
    • DC Comics
    • Disney
    • Marvel
    • Netflix
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Archive
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Joe Rogan slammed for wild response while discussing the 1969 moon landing
Home>Celebrity>News
Updated 20:14 10 Nov 2025 GMTPublished 19:31 10 Nov 2025 GMT

Joe Rogan slammed for wild response while discussing the 1969 moon landing

The podcast host dismissed the idea that the US were the first to land on the moon

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard Kaonga

google discoverFollow us on Google Discover
Featured Image Credit: PowerfulJRE/YouTube

Topics: Joe Rogan, Conspiracy Theories, News, World News, US News

Gerrard Kaonga
Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

Advert

Advert

Advert

Joe Rogan has been ridiculed and condemned after leaning into a decade old conspiracy theory when it comes to the US landing on the moon.

Now, most will know that Rogan is no stranger to conspiracy theories, and has regularly discussed them on his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, over the years.

However, while some supporters argue that Rogan is simply asking important questions, others point out the show host regularly delves into pushing misinformation when discussing topics.

The commentator is now being mocked on social media for repeatedly arguing that the 1969 moon landing was faked during an episode earlier this year.

Advert

On his 2,349th show, with guest singer Danny Jones, Rogan made it clear what he thought about the official story from NASA and the US government about the moon landings.

Conspiracy theories surrounding the moon landing have persisted for decades (Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG Via)
Conspiracy theories surrounding the moon landing have persisted for decades (Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG Via)

Rogan agreed with the decade-old conspiracy theory that the 1969 moon landings were faked and filmed by famed director Stanley Kubrick, and were also backed by the Walt Disney Company.

During the show, Rogan said: “It is amazing that [Stanley Kubrick] pulled off one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time, especially at the time, during the exact same time period where the moon landings were filmed.

“The stuff from 2001: A Space Odyssey is more sophisticated, looks better than the stuff from the moon landing... so the idea that you couldn’t fake it... That guy could fake it.”

He later added: “I think it was Apollo mission 12 or 13 where they got the footage of the lunar module leaving the moon and going back to the orbiter and it looks so fake.

“It looks so fake, it looks so ridiculous, there are no plumes of fire, how does it have the power, where is the engine?

“It is not the same gravity as Earth but how does that thing shoot off into space, that is nonsense, it looks like it is being pulled by strings. This is 1969, you are on the phone with Richard Nixon from the moon, are you out of your f**king mind, is this supposed to be real?”

Despite Rogan’s scepticism and confidence that the landing was fake, people on Reddit were quick to slam the commentator and mock him.

One user wrote: “This level of ignorance is a choice. Rogan is choosing to accept idiotic conspiracy theories because they offer simple explanations for the complex realities of life.

"It's easier for him to believe that it was all a big hoax rather than that it was a massive, incredibly expensive, coordinated effort by some 400,000 people.

Rogan has been condemned and mocked for buying into the old conspiracy theory (JRE/YouTube)
Rogan has been condemned and mocked for buying into the old conspiracy theory (JRE/YouTube)

Another wrote: “Neil deGrasse Tyson has literally been on Joe's show and explained the moon landings. Joe is ignorant.”

A third added: “The moon landing was one of Americas greatest achievements, united our country with pride and established ourselves as the leading world power against Russia.

“[Russia] now has an army of internet trolls making a large percentage of its old rivals citizens doubt one of its greatest achievements.”

With another brutally adding: “It’s rather pathetic to deny the 20th centuries greatest engineering achievement, just so you and your zero academic achievements can feel like you are smarter than everyone else.”

Choose your content:

5 hours ago
8 hours ago
9 hours ago
  • John Nacion/WireImage
    5 hours ago

    Millie Bobby Brown explains why she apologized to her Stranger Things co-stars after show ended

    Stranger Things concluded with a bombshell finale on 31 December, 2025

    Celebrity
  • (Photo by Jeff Schear/Getty Images for Acrisure Amphitheater)
    8 hours ago

    Lionel Richie abruptly cancels concert mid set after falling ill on stage and sitting down in concerning footage

    The 77-year-old took a 40 minute break before it was announced he wouldn't be returning

    Celebrity
  • (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
    8 hours ago

    Clay Aiken addresses Kelly Ripa feud after on-air dispute caused ‘most catastrophic week’ of his life

    The American Idol finalist has broken his silence two decades after the incident

    Celebrity
  • Robin L Marshall/Getty Images for GLAAD
    9 hours ago

    Who’s the Boss? star Danny Pintauro defends delivery job as he reveals he works five jobs to pay the bills

    Danny Pintauro played Jonathan Bower on 'Who's the Boss?' from 1984 to 1992

    Celebrity
  • Joe Rogan left stunned after Trump's chilling response to fears of a terrorist attack at White House UFC event
  • Moon landing conspiracies reignite after resurfaced clip shows Buzz Aldrin saying ‘it didn’t happen’
  • People left baffled as Joe Rogan discusses Jesus coming back in AI form in wild ramble
  • Joe Rogan has scathing message for Trump as he signs Epstein files bill into law