Joe Rogan has spoken out after being named in the Jeffrey Epstein files claiming one of his podcast guests tried to set a meeting up.
On Tuesday (February 11), an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience saw the podcast host sit down with Emmy Award-nominated actor, director, producer and comedian Cheryl Hines.
The pair discussed her feat of over three decades in the industry, alongside her marriage to US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., before finding themselves coming onto the topic of the most recent files released in connection to the late convicted pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein.
Reflecting on the 'good thing and the bad thing about the internet' as being the 'free distribution of information', Rogan believes the 'good thing' is that 'more people have an understanding of how things are really working than ever before', such as with the Epstein files.
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The podcast host called the release of the files a 'big eye opener' for a lot of people, reflecting on those who 'actively took money' from Epstein even after his arrest.
However, Rogan himself is also named in the files, although the host noted he's 'in the files for not going'.
The UFC commentator continued: "I'm in the files for not going 'cos Jeffrey Epstein was trying to meet with me. And I was like, 'What?!'"
When questioned whether or not he was 'glad' he didn't meet with Epstein, Rogan noted he 'would have never went anyway'.
"It's not even a possibility that I would have ever went, especially after Googling him," he continued. "I was like, 'What the f**k are you talking about?'"
Rogan said the invite occurred in 'like 2017' claiming it was 'one of [his] guests' who 'was trying to get [him] to meet' Epstein.
Rogan added: "I was like, 'B***h are you high? Like what the f**k are you talking about?'"
Hines then questioned Rogan as to 'what reason' he'd ever consider meeting with Epstein, who died by suicide in jail in 2019.
Rogan responded: "If I was a guy who is like sucking up to the rich and powerful. If I was really interested in hanging out with rich and powerful people.
"Some people get intoxicated by being in a circle of rich and powerful people even if they're... they don't even have any ambitions of being one of those people, they just want to be around them.
"[...] Because what this guy was doing was very clever in that he was getting all of these very powerful and very respected people together. And you would figure, 'Oh Clinton's here. How could this be bad?'
"[...] He would bring all these people in, all these famous people and entertainers and intellectuals and professors.
"[...] You would go, I guess to these places and that's how he'd convince everyone that everything would be fine."
Topics: Joe Rogan, Jeffrey Epstein, US News, Podcast
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