Newsom explodes at Rogan, calls him ‘too chicken’ in fiery post
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California Governor Gavin Newsom exploded in a post from podcast host Joe Rogan’s press office account in response to a resurfaced clip of the podcast host calling Newsom a “fucking crook.”
“JOE ‘LITTLE MAN’ ROGAN IS TOO FUCKING CHICKEN TO HAVE ME IN HIS FAILED PODCAST BECAUSE HE KNOWS I’LL CRUSH HIM, SO HE’S BUYING CHEAP PICTURES FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY BECAUSE HE’S RESPECTFUL FOR HIS INTEREST. IT’S ALL TALK, NO ACTION. YOU I’M READY WHEN IT HAPPENS, ‘LITTLE MAN.’ OR KEEP HIDING!!!! — Governor GCN,” the Trump-style post read.
The governor’s press team was responding to a clip of Rogan discussing the issue. 2024 elections Patrick Bet-David in 2023.
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Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference at San Lorenzo High School in San Lorenzo, California on March 18, 2026, while Joe Rogan speaks during the UFC 320 event at T-Mobile Arena on October 4, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Tayfun Coşkun/Anadolu via Getty Images; Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
“No one wants President Newsom either,” Rogan said. “No one believes this guy. This guy is a fucking crook. I mean, everything he’s done in California, from mandating vaccinations for kids when it’s completely unnecessary, to being caught without a mask on in public, to lying about being out and about. All of it. Just no one believes the guy. He’s just a politician, just a stone-cold, story-driven politician, and no one thinks he’s a real person,” Rogan said during the 2023 debate.
More recently, during the “Joe Rogan Experience”, Rogan appeared in his press office account mocking Nick Shirley’s investigation of daycare fraud, including a man carrying several cameras around a daycare and asking a teacher, “Hey, can I see your kids?” called out Newsom by posting a satirical AI-generated photo of a man asking.
“Have you seen what the Governor has published, what Newsom’s press office has published?” Rogan asked this question to his guest on the March episode of his show. “They posted a meme-like photo of Nick Shirley looking like a fake Nick Shirley – like Nick Shirley looking in the window.”
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Newsom made a post on his own X account in October, accusing Rogan of being too cowardly to join him.
Newsom clip from October 2025 Answering the question, Rogan said, referring to Newsom, “You can’t destroy a city and then destroy a state and say, ‘Guys, this was just an exercise. I’ll fix everything when I come to the presidency.'”
California Governor Gavin Newsom answered media questions after announcing at a press conference in Sacramento, California, that the state would sue the White House to restore SNAP funding before the cut. (Fred Greaves/Reuters)
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Rogan continued: “Everyone is LEAVING. You have the highest unemployment. You have the highest homelessness. Money is disappearing. You killed Hollywood. It’s like Hollywood doesn’t exist anymore. It’s literally gone. You mandated vaccinations for kids who didn’t need it. It did terrible things…”
