Podcaster Joe Rogan urged Wednesday that he suggested his comic buddy, Tony Hinchcliffe, towards utilizing a joke about Puerto Rico in his set forward of former President Trump’s latest rally at Madison Sq. Backyard.
“I inform all comedians, don’t ever do comedy at one thing that’s not a comedy occasion,” he said on his podcast “The Joe Rogan Expertise,” according to a clip highlighted by Mediaite. “Don’t do it.”
“Don’t ever do comedy at a place that’s doing ‘also.’ Is he going to have a bunch of speakers and you’re going to do 10 minutes? Don’t ever do that. It’s a terrible setup,” he added.
Hinchcliffe typically information his personal podcast Kill Tony at Rogan’s Comedy Mothership venue in Austin, Texas.
The podcaster’s feedback come simply days after Hinchcliffe in contrast Puerto Rico to a “floating island of garbage” amid different controversial remarks throughout the rally in New York Metropolis, which elicited combined reactions from the group.
Rogan claimed the joke originated from details, citing Puerto Rico’s huge landfills that he mentioned have been created by devastating hurricanes on the island.
“That joke kills at comedy clubs. I don’t like the joke, but it kills, and I said to him, it’s just like, if you’re Puerto Rican and you hear that in the audience, you’re like, ‘ahhh,’ but it’s a funny joke, the joke does well,” Rogan mentioned. “But I said to him, I go, dude, that’s the one that’s going to get you stabbed.”
The preliminary joke earned public criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike, who claimed the feedback have been offensive. Regardless of the fallout, the comic hammered down on his quip, arguing that some cannot take a joke, together with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (Minn.).
“These people have no sense of humor,” Hinchcliffe wrote on social platform X, responding to their criticism. “Wild that a vice presidential candidate would take time out of his ‘busy schedule’ to analyze a joke taken out of context to make it seem racist.”
“I love Puerto Rico and vacation there,” he continued. “I made fun of everyone … watch the whole set. I’m a comedian Tim … might be time to change your tampon.”
After days of headlines and segments on his rally efficiency, Rogan mentioned he thinks the state of affairs will “blow over.”
“I believe it’ll blow over similar to all this stuff do,” he said. “There are folks which might be at all times going to hate somebody like Tony and it’s going to make different folks love him extra.”
“It’s simply, like, he’s going via it proper now. He’s going via the storm,” the podcaster added.
The back-and-forth additionally follows a virtually three-hour interview earlier this week between Rogan and the previous president, marking one Trump’s debut on one of the common podcasts within the nation.
