Joe Rogan can’t pronounce Pierre Poilievre’s surname, but the podcaster said this week that he’d invited the then-Conservative Party of Canada leader to be a guest on his show.
However, the immensely influential and sometimes polarizing media personality said Poilievre turned him down.
“Wouldn’t do it, thought it was too problematic or whatever,” Rogan told his guest, bow hunter and endurance athlete, Cameron Hanes, in
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The Joe Rogan Experience sits atop YouTube’s podcast chart with almost 20 million subscribers according to
, almost the same number of followers as his personal Instagram. The podcast also tops Spotify’s chart with 14.5 million monthly listeners.
Poilievre spoke to the mainstream media sparingly throughout the federal election campaign, usually taking only a handful of questions at the conclusion of campaign stop speeches. He did, however, partake in at least two long-form podcast interviews —
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
and
The C Suite with Camila Gonzalez
Like his offer to interview Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris during the 2024 U.S. election, Rogan said he doesn’t seek out conflict with guests, nor is he interested in being the “gotcha guy.”
“Sometimes you have to be able to disagree in a way that’s forceful, but I’m never insulting or attacking people. Especially this Pierre ‘Polivette’ guy,” Rogan attested, admitting he doesn’t know how to pronounce Poilievre.
“How do you say it? It’s a weird way of saying it.”
Without delving into specific topics, Rogan said the conversation would be about “real simple stuff.”
“I would just ask him questions like ‘What’s wrong with Canada. How did this happen, and why did it go this way? What can be done to reverse some of these things that have been put into place? How did you feel about this? What would you have done differently?
“I don’t know anything about Canada’s politics, right? It would have been fun,” he added.
Eight minutes later, following a discussion about his recent interview with British neoconservative political commentator Douglas Murray, who insisted Rogan he needed to visit Gaza to understand the effects of conflict there, the host said he doesn’t even go to Canada, repeating a statement he’s made at least twice before on his show.
In March, Rogan said he wouldn’t be attending this weekend’s UFC 315 in Montreal, nor would he return to the country any time soon.
“I don’t go to Canada anymore. I don’t. Nor should you,”
he advised guest Brendan Schaub.
Last summer, Rogan said he wouldn’t come back due to former prime minister
Justin Trudeau and “ridiculous free speech laws.”
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