One thing certain, you do not want to heckle Joe Rogan while he is doing stand-up comedy on stage.
For one, it is rude to heckle anybody. But two, Rogan is the wrong comedian to pick on. He spends practically his whole life talking, from 3 hour JRE podcasts, UFC commentating, and stand-up comedy.
Rogan is witty as heck. And he takes a cognitive enhancer product called Alpha Brain. Bad idea to mess with him.
Rogan self-admits that he has been booed off stage many times in his career. But he looks at these failures as learning experiences on how to get better.
But heckle? Don’t even think about it. Plus, he’s got a microphone and thousands of people in the audience that have his back.
Interestingly, these hecklers don’t quit – they resist, which makes their ground and pound beatdown even worse.
Here are 8 instances caught on tape where Rogan has owned a heckler. Enjoy.
Columbus, Ohio
A drunk UFC fan was interrupting the show and Rogan let him have it. Mostly picking on his shirt, Rogan said: “I’m only making of your shirt because it’s silly. Mine is silly too but I self admit it. I wore it knowing it was silly, you left the house thinking you look f***ing cool.”
Instead of giving up, the fan then made the mistake of pointing out a stain on Rogan’s pants near his crotch. Hilarious.
Washington, D.C.
“Why you yelling out like that? Did no one hug you when you were little?” – Rogan
In the capital city, Rogan put a heckler on the spot. “Why do you think it’s a good idea to just yell stuff out? Oh now you’re going to shutup. You better talk to me, I’ll get you kicked out.”
After giving the heckler a verbal beatdown in front of 2000 people, Rogan gave the guy one more chance to shut up before kicking out. The heckler responded by yelling “DONALD TRUMP” and his fate was sealed.
Whereabouts unknown
This girl got roasted by Rogan because she interrupted his show. Apparently she was unhappy about a joke he did about penguins.
Her second mistake was saying that she bets Rogan doesn’t have a girlfriend, which triggered another round of humiliation from Rogan, including a hilarious joke involving a lawnmower.
The Ice House in Pasadena, California
Apparently, this guy decided to poke fun at Rogan’s chain wallet. Rogan hit him with a verbal gut punch, saying “people that are unhappy in life always want to shut other people down.”
Let’s hope this guy learned a life lesson that you don’t want to start crap with Rogan.
Calgary, Canada
Rogan didn’t waste too much time on this guy before immediately kicking him out, calling him “too stupid.” Although the guy did resist, he was escorted out by security. “You got to go dummy.”
It is unclear if it was guilty by association, but the guys next to the heckler were also kicked out by Rogan. That’s what they get for trying to ruin the show.
Denver, Colorado
This girl, who had too much to drink, made an ill-advised decision to interrupt Rogan’s show. She wanted to tell a joke/pickup line but realized stand-up comedy is harder than it looks.
In a rare occurrence, Rogan actually gave this drunk girl the microphone, and after her failure he continued to make fun of her.
Houston, Texas
A heckler in Houston learned a valuable lesson from Rogan. There a times when you mess up and you should apologize. This heckler did not learn that lesson.
Rogan gave him an opportunity to say “I’m sorry.” Unfortunately, the guy responded with “F U.” Rogan called the guy’s response “disappointing.”
Smackdown
“You want my attention, you got it!” – Rogan
This heckler told Rogan that he was not funny. After a verbal smackdown, Rogan kicked him out and said “you are getting kicked out right now, how about that? Isn’t that funny.”
“You are a LOSER. And you are at my show. And all these other people came to see stand-up comedy.”
Rogan gets challenged to a fight
This hilarious video is not from a heckler, but from a UFC fan that wanted Rogan to come to Sweden. The fan challenged Rogan to a wrestling match, noting that if he won, Rogan would have to visit his country.
“I blackout before I tap out,” responded the fan and then called Rogan a biotch.
Texas
This woman interrupted Rogan mid-joke and without hesitation he said “shutup hooker.” Then he went into a hilarious comedy routine off of it.
Rogan doesn’t always win vs. hecklers
Rogan tells a humiliating heckler story about him bombing on stage and realizing there was nothing he could do about. Apparently, Rogan acknowledges that if your comedy is struggling on a night, you have to take heckler’s punches on the chin.
Rogan vs pastor
Rogan, who is not a Christian, was asked by a UFC fan if he could become the UFC chaplain. Rogan proceeded to roast the guy about science, microscopes, and the universe. Lesson here is to know your audience, dude.
Also see my in-depth article: Does Joe Rogan believe in God?
Takeaways
- It does appear that alcohol or drugs were involved in almost every heckler that tested Rogan.
- Every single heckler listed decided to fight back, making their roasting even worse.
- You are completely outmatched against a comedian with a microphone and crowd support.