Joe Rogan has addressed his mention in the Jeffrey Epstein documents, stating that one of his podcast guests attempted to arrange a meeting with Epstein.
In an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience aired on Tuesday (February 11), Rogan sat down with Cheryl Hines, an Emmy Award-nominated actor, director, producer, and comedian.
They discussed Hines’ extensive career spanning over thirty years and her marriage to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the US Secretary of Health and Human Services. The conversation eventually turned to the latest files released regarding the late convicted pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein.
Rogan commented on the dual nature of the internet—its ability to freely distribute information. He emphasized that the positive aspect is that more people now understand the workings of the world, as seen with the Epstein files.
He described the release of the files as a ‘big eye opener’ for many, highlighting those who continued to accept money from Epstein even after his arrest.
Rogan also appears in the documents but clarified that his inclusion was due to ‘not going.’
The UFC commentator explained: “I’m in the files for not going ‘cos Jeffrey Epstein was trying to meet with me. And I was like, ‘What?!'”
When asked if he was ‘glad’ he didn’t meet Epstein, Rogan stated he ‘would have never went anyway’.
“It’s not even a possibility that I would have ever went, especially after Googling him,” he said. “I was like, ‘What the f**k are you talking about?'”
Rogan recounted that the invitation happened around ‘2017,’ and it was ‘one of [his] guests’ who attempted to set up the meeting with Epstein.
Rogan added: “I was like, ‘B***h are you high? Like what the f**k are you talking about?'”
Hines inquired about what could possibly make him consider meeting with Epstein, who committed suicide in jail in 2019.
Rogan replied: “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.”