Rogan Skewers Vaccines, Mocks Trans People in Live Netflix Special ‘Burn the Boats’: ‘Anybody Who Complains Is a Nazi’
Comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan aimed at targets like COVID vaccines and trans people during his newest comedy special.
Rogan’s Burn the Boats debuted live on Netflix on Saturday night and amplified the controversial views discussed on his podcast before.
Yet he was also self-deprecating about his perceived impact on culture.
“That might be misinformation,” he said, as the tag of a joke early on. “Don’t say you heard it from me, because I am known for that shit.”
Rogan discussed his skepticism of COVID vaccines early in the special.
“COVID was just so strange, and we lost a lot of people during COVID, and most of them are still alive. There’s a lot of people that I don’t fuck with anymore. Before COVID, I would have told you that vaccines are the most important invention in human history. After COVID, I’m like, ‘I don’t think we went to the moon. I think Michelle Obama’s got a dick. I think Pizzagate is real. I think there’s direct energy weapons in Antarctica.’ I’m just kidding — I don’t think Michelle Obama’s got a dick, but I believe all of that other shit.”
He followed in the footsteps of comedians like Dave Chappelle and Ricky Gervais, who joked about trans people. Rogan started his similar batch of material with a run of jokes about “pregnant men” and then broadened it to his viewpoint that trans acceptance has been happening too quickly in American culture.
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Netflix has developed high-profile live comedy events in the last year and a half, including Chris Rock’s 2023 stand-up special “Selective Outrage,” John Mulaney’s recent talk show, “Everybody’s in LA,” and May’s “The Roast of Tom Brady.”
