Joe Rogan was delighted to hear that Twitter’s board of directors accepted Elon Musk’s offer to buy the company.
Rogan learned about the deal on Monday while recording episode 1,809 of The Joe Rogan Experience with comedian Jessica Kirson. The former MMA fighter was surprised to hear that the Big Tech company had accepted the offer.
“We got a movie star-cut type of a superhero,” Rogan told Kirson. “Like a movie, and there was a guy who was like a hero in the movie who happens to be a billionaire who does wild s*** — like makes his own rockets and drills under the city with electric cars and then buys Twitter.”
He praised Musk’s support for free speech, particularly in light of the claims that Twitter has “shadow-banned” accounts in the past. Rogan and Kirson also discussed TikTok and their desire for someone to acquire that company due to its approach to content moderation.
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“Now that it’s announced, that’s f***ing amazing,” Rogan added. “Look, it’ll change everything, and I wonder how quickly it is before Donald Trump’s back.”
Kirson noted that Trump said he didn’t plan to return and was committed to growing Truth Social. The former president has praised his social network but has only posted there once since it opened to the public.
Rogan initially praised Musk’s offer to buy Twitter, describing him as a “superintelligent leader type.”
Twitter accepted Musk’s offer to buy the company for $44 billion on Monday, setting up what many expect to be a massive shift for the company. Employees initially expressed concerns about what the acquisition would mean for them, particularly when it came to their jobs or the company’s direction.
The Twitter acquisition will be finalized in the next three to six months.
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Rogan has been the focus of previous discussions surrounding free speech after several advocates pushed for Spotify to end its contract with Rogan over his willingness to have people such as Dr. Robert Malone, a noted COVID-19 vaccine critic. Spotify declined, but it eventually attached labels to all episodes where misinformation might be present. He has been on tense terms with the streaming service and said he would end his contract with the company if forced to “walk on eggshells.”
