‘I Would Not Want to Be That Person’ – Will Smith’s ‘Terrible Idea’ Prompted Joe Rogan to Remember Fear Factor Days

The Joe Rogan Experience podcast is running for over 13 years now and fans enjoy each episode of it. The host, Joe Rogan, is one of the most popular faces in combat sports, stand-up comedy, and TV in general. He initially gained popularity for being a host of the American reality show, Fear Factor.

The show ended its first journey in 2006, but NBC revived it in 2011. However, its second spell couldn’t replicate the magic of the first, which cemented Joe Rogan as one of the most recognizable faces out there.

In a JRE episode, Joe Rogan discussed Will Smith’s helicopter bungee jumping and the stunts on Fear Factor in general.

Joe Rogan said he would not want to be that person attached to that bungee cord

Joe Rogan shared the mic with Tony Rock, comedian Chris Rock’s younger brother . Tony, who was talking to Rogan about bungee jumping, brought up Will Smith’s 50th birthday plan. This sent Joe Rogan back to a distant past, and he remembered his Fear Factor hosting days.

Tony repeated Will Smith’s caption,

“How amazing things are right on the other side of fear.” He continued with the details and stated, “So he’s been doing this thing where he’s just conquering all these fears.”

The standup comic

pointed out, “That seems like a terrible idea. We did a bunch of that kind of sh*t on Fear Factor, man. We did it in the last season… we did a couple of them that really had me freaked out, but one of them they hooked people up to these bungee chords and they had them tied to like a post or something or a tree or something… They were shackled, think was a post.”

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The former Fear Factor host then described the details of the plan and how the team executed it.

Joe Rogan also mentioned about his testing experience of bungee jumping, which he, luckily, didn’t experience firsthand.

The JRE host said with a bugging thought,

“These guys are professional stunt guys, but I was like I would not want to be that person attached to that bungee cord.”

Eating tasks at Fear Factor

Tony Rock, following on the theme of conversation- Fear Factor, pointed out a concern about the eating tasks held at the show. He worriedly asked,

“How did you know you could eat that? How do you know that won’t kill you?”Joe Rogan answered, “They would do toxicology examinations on certain bugs, that grind them up and find out, what you know, what’s bad for you, what’s not.” 

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With this answer, the UFC commentator might have laid rest the worries of the viewers of the reality show who had the same question.

What do you think about this ‘terrible idea’? Are you planning to experience it or have you already experienced it? Let us know in the comments below.