In episode No.1839 of the Joe Rogan Experience with Duncan Trussell, Joe Rogan defended fellow comedian Tim Dillon following the removal of Dillon’s videos from YouTube. Dillon’s videos were removed from the video-sharing platform due to his jokes regarding homeless people.
Rogan defended Dillon, explaining that the comedian’s statement was clearly a joke. In the now-removed video, the comedian joked about putting the homeless in a pot to solve the homelessness problem.
Dillon thanked Rogan for his support through an Instagram story. The comedian posted a news piece by Essentially Sports about Rogan supporting him amidst the controversy on his Instagram. The caption on the story read:
“Thank you @joerogan”
In the JRE episode, Rogan criticized YouTube for removing Dillon’s videos, saying:
“The fact that they have to say ‘Hey, you shouldn’t say that!’ Like, what kind of nonsense network are you running? Where you can’t have like super obvious parody? It’s so obvious… This is not supporting the opinion of burning homeless people. This is saying, like, parodies got to be a viable alternative in terms of the kind of comedy you seek. It’s fun.”
