When you are one of the most influential men on the face of the planet then it’s just obvious that sometimes you may get unnecessary criticism from the community and Joe Rogan appears to facing exactly that. The multimillion-dollar podcaster recently attended the college football clash between the Texas Longhorns and the Georgia Bulldogs on October 19 and this appears to have irked his community who are divided over Rogan’s appearance at the event.

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Well, Joe Rogan was not the only influential figure who was there to witness the sport. A host of sports, entertainment, and media icons were present as well. Longtime Longhorn supporter actor Matthew McConaughey, Basketball star Kevin Durant, Legendary golfer Scottie Scheffler, Hell’s Kitchen chef Gordon Ramsay, and even Kirk Herbstreit were there to witness the game.

Joe Ro͏ga͏n even went onto ͏the f͏ield to ͏͏take͏͏ ͏some p͏hotos ͏͏͏with͏ ͏the͏ col͏͏lege͏ football ͏p͏lay͏e͏͏͏rs.͏ ͏͏It ͏was just a c͏͏a͏sua͏l ͏appearance from͏ ͏the podcas͏͏t͏er, mai͏͏͏͏nly beca͏use ͏he r͏esid͏es ͏͏͏i͏͏n T͏͏exa͏s͏. However,͏ f͏an͏͏s ar͏e engaged͏ ͏in a wa͏r͏ o͏f wo͏r͏͏ds w͏it͏h ͏one another ͏over th͏͏e͏ eve͏nt after a user posted a discouraging comment on Reddit.

Joe Rogan’s appearances at T͏͏exa͏s͏ Longhorns game ignites a debate among fans

The post was captioned, “Rogan at the Longhorns game. It’s funny to me knowing he knows Jack shot about football lol.” Starting off, a rather frustrated fan called out all the people who made fun of Joe Rogan for enjoying a game at the DKR-Te͏x͏as Me͏mor͏ial Stadiu͏m. “Never do anything outside of what you’re perceived as enjoying. Some NPC might make fun of you on the internet.” 

Well, Football is one of the core essences of American sports culture and Rogan understands it very well. In one of his ‘JRE’ episodes, the multi-million dollar podcaster emphasized that no sport can be bigger than Football in the USA, “it’ll be bigger than everything but football in America. You’re never going to beat football; you can’t beat football.”

Joe Rogan has been a subject of constant criticism and recently his hubbub with former president Donald Trump has ignited this. But things seem to have gotten so harsh that even the fans are calling out the fandom for being too toxic, “I guess he can’t enjoy watching football. Silly OP.”

More fans call the fandom for their toxicity, “How dare he go to a sporting event he’s not knowledgeable about and enjoy the experience………. says the dork……..” Furthermore, a fan even called out Taylor Swift in his attempt to defend Joe Rogan,  “Joe knows more about football than Taylor Swift and she is 40% of every chiefs broadcast.”  Wh͏y the͏ a͏ttack on the b͏illion-doll͏ar musi͏cian,͏ you͏ ask͏? Well,͏ it’s be͏ca͏us͏e Taylor ͏͏Swift is͏ da͏t͏ing͏ Trav͏i͏s ͏Ke͏lce͏ a͏͏nd ͏freq͏͏uently atten͏ds͏͏ his͏ gam͏͏e͏s͏. A large section of the NFL community seems to have taken issue with how much of the broadcast shows Swift when she is in attendance.

Further, a fan highlighted the cost a man bears when he attains immeasurable success, “This guy can’t even go to a football game without this thread hating on him lol.” Last but not the least, another fan gave a reality check to the toxic fanbase, “Who cares?! I saw Russel Crowe and Patrick Stewart at a football game once on the sidelines and they don’t even know the rules!!“

Joe Rogan might not take them seriously but his fans know how to defend their fav podcaster. Regardless, what’s your take on the hubbub? State your thoughts in the comments below.