Joe Rogan tears into Bill Gates and accuses billionaire of ‘lying’ about Covid-19 vaccine

Joe Rogan has a bone to pick with Bill Gates. On a recent episode of the ‘Joe Rogan Experience,’ the podcast host ripped into the billionaire and other influential figures for allegedly inciting fear and spreading false information during the COVID-19 pandemic.
While discussing the early stages of the pandemic, Rogan recalled Gates’ vocal support of the vaccines – which he claims the American businessman profited from, only to pull out of said investments later on.
“Bill Gates, who’s on television telling everybody, get the vaccine. You won’t get Covid,” he began. “And then afterward, that didn’t work after he had unloaded all of his stock… It turns out Covid wasn’t as bad as we thought it was. Well, you guys are really responsible for a bunch of people taking a medication that was unproven.”
According to Rogan, the extreme sentiment expressed by Gates caused vast issues across the nation – particularly impacting the economy, political system and people’s overall mental health.
“You’re responsible for all the side effects,” he said. “You’re responsible for all these, and you’re responsible for fearmongering, lying, closing down businesses, they’re ruining economies, changing the political structure of the country.”
Express U.S. Sports is unable to verify any of Rogan’s claims against Gates.
This isn’t the first time that Rogan has publicly shared his distaste of Gates. Back in July, the UFC commentator took aim at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s immunization program, which donated $250 million to combat the coronavirus across the world.
Yet Rogan believes that Gates should not be the one to be divulging health advice to those across the globe – bizarrely adding that the Microsoft co-founder is overweight. “He’s got a big pot belly,” Rogan said. “Not only that, he’s got no medical degree, I mean, I don’t even think he had a college degree.
“He looks like —-, why are you taking health advice from a guy that looks like —- just ’cause he invested a bunch of money in a company?”
Gates, 69, is best known for being the co-founder and CEO of Microsoft, which helped become the richest man in the world. Although Gates no longer holds that title, he’s still the 15th richest individual in the world with a net worth of $104.9 billion, according to Forbes.
Rogan, 57, is best known for being a UFC color commentator and comedian. ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ has become one of the most popular podcasts on the planet and played a big role in the recent United States Presidential Election.
Donald Trump, J.D. Vance and Elon Musk – all key figures in the Republican campaign – appeared on the podcast. Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, did not after failing to agree conditions with Rogan. Trump went on to win the election, and he received Rogan’s endorsement.