Joe Rogan reflects on Lionel Messi's World Cup victory, discusses 'weird' thing about sports: 'Can't believe we lost to Kansas City'
AUSTIN, TEXAS: UFC commentator Joe Rogan recently invited Canadian psychologist, Gad Saad, on his podcast show, 'The Joe Rogan Experience'. The duo discussed the "weird thing about sports" reflecting on Lionel Messi's World Cup victory.
Argentina won the FIFA World Cup 2022 in a dramatic game that went all the way to a penalty shootout, due to Messi. Rogan discussed it during the #2012 episode titled, 'How Watching Sports Affects Testosterone and The Sport with the Fittest Athletes'.
'Can't believe we f**king lost to Kansas City'
Rogan reminisced about the moment Argentinian soccer player Messi scored twice to help his team win the FIFA World Cup in December last year. Rogan said, "What's fascinating to me is he's as happy as they are, the people on the other team that were rooting for them, they're devastated right now."
He further added, "That's the weird thing about sports, you can get so attached to what's happening that a loss is like really a loss, can't believe we f*****g lost to Kansas City." The involvement of players like Messi and his Paris Saint-Germain teammate Kylian Mbappe of France in the final boosted the tournament's profile. Messi's expertise, on the other hand, came in helpful as the icon ended up on the winning side, destroying France's dreams of successfully defending the FIFA trophy.
Joe Rogan discusses outrage over Jason Aldean's 'Try That In A Small Town'
On the same episode, Rogan also discussed singer Jason Aldean's seemingly controversial song 'Try That In A Small Town'. In his podcast, Rogan mocked the uproar over Aldean's song. Many songs with regressive and profane lyrics go unreported, according to Rogan. The UFC analyst seems to be troubled by the "selective outrage" over this country tune.
Rogan remarked, "I’m not saying that’s the greatest song the world has ever known, but the level of outrage coming from people that are upset about that song is so strange when there are hundreds of rap songs out there that are infinitely worse."
Aldean's music video for the song sparked outrage since it utilized actual news footage of riots and violence in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder in 2020. Liberal groups accused him of encouraging racism, leading CMT to remove the music video from distribution on their network. Some critics also accused the song of being 'pro-lynching', because the video was shot in front of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, where Henry Choate, 18, was lynched in 1927.