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When you are as big a celebrity as Joe Rogan, your words are under severe scrutiny. Especially with a platform like ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ topping Spotify podcast lists, Rogan caters to a large number of listeners. Some of his recent comments have now landed the UFC commentator under fire from a section of the fans.

American retail corporation Target has been under fire recently since displaying its Pride collection. A large section of people took offense to some products from a collection of over 2000 products. After mounting customer backlash, the retailer pulled some of the merchandise from their shelves, citing employee safety. They also reportedly lost around $10 billion in ten days after the controversy.

Meanwhile, on episode #1991 of JRE titled Protect Our Parks 8, Rogan and his guests discussed the ongoing controversy. The 55-year-old had some strong words about the situation saying that Target had introduced products for children in their Pride collection. He said this was the reason for the backlash and subsequent withdrawal of those products.

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However, Rogan was proved wrong seconds after he made the claim. The products he was referring to were meant for adults and Rogan admitted he was wrong. Nevertheless, he went on bashing the brand, calling them “authoritarian” and “constrictive.” The BJJ black belt also blamed them for being money-minded in this whole process.

Fans bash Joe Rogan for his take on Target

A clip of the exchange made it to Reddit. The fans did not entertain how Rogan refused to move on from the subject. Many of them took issue with Rogan’s insistence on criticizing Target and his choice of words.

Following are some of their reactions:

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  • Joe is ba**s deep in the culture war
  • Everyone else is having fun and cutting up and it’s like Joe wants to be mad about Target.
  • Not sure i would call it authoritarianism. If consumers like the product, they will buy it. If they dont, it’ll sit on the shelves
  • I think Mark brings up Joe-baiting topics just so he can f*ck with him

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  • What the f*ck happen to this guy. It’s like when you reach a certain age you just go full Fox News dad. F*cking sad.
  • Joe has f*cking changed a lot and not for the better.
  • Joe really believes anything he hears it’s wild.
  • Joe is such a sad old man now. Total opposite of what he was when he started the podcast. Normand and Shane were lobbing jokes all over rogans 5’3 frame .

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The Target controversy has been making headlines in the country for the past few weeks. With the issue raging on at a political and cultural level, what is your take on the subject? And what are your thoughts on Rogan’s comments? Let us know in the comments below.

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