Joe Rogan claims homeless people should be shot and suffers huge backlash online
UFC commentator and podcaster Joe Rogan has sparked outrage after saying homeless people in LA should be SHOT.
Rogan, 54, made the comments on his podcast apparently as a joke - but they didn't go down well.
Rogan is from Newark but relocated to Los Angeles and is a commentary icon on UFC.
He was speaking on his 'The Joe Rogan Experience' podcast and touched on the issue of homelessness in LA.
The California city has a homelessness crisis with more than 66,400 suffering according to figures from 2020.
Rogan described what he saw once in Los Angeles.
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He said: "We're on the underpass and there's a deck of four porta-potties.
"Then someone has a car parked partly on the sidewalk so they're half blocking a lane.
"Then they have a canopy draped over their car and they have stacks of s*** and next to it is a dresser.
"They had their shoes in a shoe rack - this is where they live."
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Rogan was then told by guest Tom Segura that it was against the law to try and move a person's property.
And Rogan clapped back: "They wouldn't arrest you if you shot somebody.
"Maybe you should just go and shoot the homeless people.
"Nobody does anything about violent crime in LA anymore, it's a f***ing joke."
His comments caused a stir among angry social media users.
One tweeted: "I don't have a high opinion of Joe Rogan, I admit that. But this is disgusting.
"He is advocating for the murder of people who have nothing and are at their lowest point."
Another said: "Joe Rogan can go f*** himself, seriously. Calling on ANYONE to shoot people who are struggling to just get through each day. He IS a piece of s***."
And another user posted: "Joe Rogan is outraged that…the homeless are allowed to own things?”