Joe Rogan, the voice behind The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast, tends to be a figure people feel strongly about one way or the other.
Whatever your opinion, his reach is hard to dispute: most episodes draw an audience in the range of 11 to 15 million listeners.
He frequently sits at the top of Spotify’s podcast charts and has built a global profile by hosting guests who can be polarising or controversial.
One person who clearly isn’t in Rogan’s fan club is former Real Housewives host Andy Cohen, who took a jab at him during a recent episode of Watch What Happens.
Cohen was chatting with Kristin Cavallari when the topic turned to Spencer Pratt’s run for Los Angeles mayor.
Pratt, best known as an MTV The Hills reality TV star, has promised to “expose the system” and says he wants to “disinfect the city with our light.”
He kicked off his campaign in January, placing a major focus on last year’s wildfires and accusing city officials of failing the public through negligence.
On the show, the hosts sounded intrigued by his chances, suggesting he could realistically make a strong run in the election later this year.
Cavallari said she was supporting Pratt and claimed she could genuinely see him winning, adding that people in California appeared excited by the idea of him becoming mayor.
Things escalated when Cavallari mentioned that one of Pratt’s biggest endorsements had come from Joe Rogan.
That prompted Cohen to launch into a blunt critique.
He said: “Oh Rogan, the great mind of the universe.
“What a f*cking idiot. Sorry.”
Others on set appeared to laugh as Cohen’s comment landed, especially given how quickly he followed it with an apology.
Cohen then quipped that he’d “had enough to drink” and should probably stop talking.
When Cavallari asked what the backstory was behind his dislike of Rogan, Cohen responded: “There isn’t one – i just listen to what he says!”
He then pivoted back to Pratt, reiterating that he believed the reality star had a legitimate chance at taking the LA mayor’s office, before moving the conversation along.