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#4 Joe Rogan's comments on transgender athlete Fallon Fox
Joe Rogan has never been one to hold back on his opinions and he did the same when it came to transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox.
Fox used to compete as a transgender female fighter in MMA bouts against cisgender female athletes.
Rogan was of the opinion that Fox should not be fighting her cisgender counterparts as, according to him, she had an unfair physical advantage and could cause life-threatening damage to her opponents.
In a 2013 episode of his podcast, Joe Rogan said the following about the transgender MMA athlete:
“She calls herself a woman but I tend to disagree. She used to be a man but now she has had, she’s a transgender … And she wants to be able to fight women in MMA. I say no f-----g way. I say if you had a d--- at one point in time, you also have all the bone structure that comes with having a d---. You have bigger hands, you have bigger shoulder joints. You’re a f-----g man. That’s a man, OK?”
The 54-year-old faced criticism for his statement, with many people claiming his comments to be transphobic.
Rogan's comments stem from the general belief that transgender athletes have a higher bone density and are stronger than their cisgender counterparts. But there have been studies showing these advantages get reduced significantly once a person goes through a gender reassignment procedure.
Fox recently condemned the podcaster, calling him transphobic in her Facebook post and asking Spotify to cut ties with him.
"Joe Rogan is being transphobic yet again. He has had more transphobic episodes than you can shake a stick at. Spotify needs to cancel his show already," wrote Fallon Fox in her Instagram post.
Although Rogan could have chosen his words more carefully, he is not the only one in the MMA world who shares this opinion on transgender athletes. Former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate also raised questions about the issue in an ESPN interview.
Earlier this year, a high-school athlete named Alanna Smith, along with two other athletes, filed a lawsuit opposing transgender participation in women's sports. The lawsuit was later dismissed by a federal judge in April 2021.
#3 Joe Rogan accused of spreading misinformation about wildfires in Oregon
In an episode of his podcast with Douglas Murray, Joe Rogan discussed the issue of wildfires in Portland, Oregon, that ruined more than 11,000 acres of land and destroyed many homes in the area in 2020.
Joe Rogan made the mistake of confusing two separate incidents and stated that 'left-wing people' were the reason behind the wildfires occurring in Portland, Oregon. In reality, two arsonists were arrested in Portland but neither of them had any connection with left-wing activism or the wildfires in the area.
Many people called out the stand-up comedian for his statement, accusing him of spreading misinformation. FBI Portland also put out a statement debunking Rogan's theory.
Joe Rogan, upon realizing his mistake, issued an apology on Twitter, saying he had not done the proper research before making the statement.
"I f----d up on the podcast with Douglas Murray and said that people got arrested lighting fires in Portland. That turns out to not be true. I was very irresponsible not looking into it before I repeated it. I read one story about a guy getting arrested for lighting fires...turned out to be true, but the other s--t I read about people getting arrested for lighting fires in Portland was not true. I repeated it without looking into it and it was a really f-----g stupid mistake that won’t happen again. I’m sorry," wrote Joe Rogan in his tweets.
