In a recent Spotify podcast episode, Joe Rogan, describing himself as “a bleeding heart liberal,” directly addressed comments that he’s a “secret conservative.” He also defended same-sex marriage and claimed the conservative opposition against gay marriage is one reason he is not a conservative.

On the Saturday edition of Rogan’s podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan interviewed comedian Andrew Schulz about his new comedy special Infamous. 

When they talked about recent comments made by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that codifying same-sex marriages was “clearly wrong,” Rogan blasted Cruz and the GOP for their oppositions.

“It’s not just abortion rights, but now they’re going after gay marriage too, which is so strange to me,” Rogan said in the podcast, as transcribed by news site mediaite. 

“Gay marriage is not silly. It’s marriage — it’s marriage from people that are homosexual and it’s for them. It’s important. They want it. They want to affirm their love and their relationship. And the fact that they’re going after that now almost makes me feel like they want us to fight. They wanna divide us in the best way they can. And this is the best way for them to keep pulling off all the bullshit they’re doing behind the scenes is to get us to fight over things like gay marriage or get us to fight over things like abortion or it’s just like, why are you removing freedoms?”

Rogan continued and described the opposing attitudes against same-sex marriages as “homophobic.” 

“It’s so homophobic. Because you’re saying there’s something wrong with being homosexual by saying that you are opposed to gay marriage. You’re saying you’re opposed to gay people.”

Rogan fought back to some critics claiming him being a “secret conservative.” 

“People will say like, ‘Oh, you know, you’re a secret conservative.’” Rogan continued, “You can suck my dick. You don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about. I’m so far away from being a Republican. Just because I believe in the Second Amendment and just because I support the military and just cause I support police [doesn’t mean I’m a Republican].” 

Joe Rogan comes out full-force, 100% in support of gay marriage. He even says GOP opposition to it is one of the things that keeps him from being a Republican. pic.twitter.com/XEY0fKXyKI

— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) July 25, 2022

“Like I was on welfare as a kid. I think it’s important. I think having a social safety net is crucial. We should help each other. We’re supposed to be one big community.” Rogan concluded.

However, earlier this year, in one episode with Jordan Peterson, Rogan indicated that accepting trans people was a sign of “civilization collapsing.” 

Rogan has long been criticized for uttering controversial statements. He used to spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccine and made inappropriate jokes about homeless people, claiming “just shoot them” may be the best solution.

Sickening. Joe Rogan, who’s worth millions, pontificates on the plight of homeless people, then decides the best solution may be just to “shoot the homeless people”. pic.twitter.com/mgBGmarzgP

— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) July 19, 2022