Joe Rogan made fun of Prince Harry in his new Netflix special, impersonating the prince and revealing how he wants to do mushrooms with the royal so he could challenge his views on Covid-19 vaccines.
In his latest Netflix comedy special, “Burn the Boats,” the controversial podcast host, 57, weighed in on a statement Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made in January 2022 “expressing concerns” about Covid misinformation being spread on Spotify, which was widely interpreted as specifically referencing content created by Rogan.
The couple, also known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, had a $20 million deal with Spotify to produce Markle’s “Archetypes” podcast. The royals and the streaming service later parted ways in June 2023.
“I got canceled so often during Covid that sometimes I would find out by accident,” Rogan joked. “This is a true story. One time I just woke up; I’m in my underwear; I plop down, turn the TV on and Prince Harry’s talking s–t about me. I’m like, ‘I just woke up. I’m vulnerable. I’m in my underwear and there is a prince on TV talking about me.’”
Rogan added, “Do you know how f–king weird it is when a Prince knows your name?”
“He’s like, ‘Joe Rogan is giving out dangerous vaccine misinformation,’” Rogan recalled. “And my first thought was, ‘f–k, did I?!”
But despite the teasing, Rogan doesn’t seem to have any ill will toward the prince.
“I’m not even mad at Harry, if I was him I would have said the same s—,” he explained. “If I met that dude I’d love to have a drink with him. I think if I met that dude I’d say, ‘Man I’m not mad at you.’”
However, drinks aren’t the only mind-altering substance he’d want to partake in with Harry.
“The goal would be to get him about three drinks deep and go, ‘Hey man, you ever do mushrooms?’”
Donning his best Prince Harry impression, he said, somewhat mockingly, “‘I heard they give you brain damage.’”
“‘No, no, no that the government, that’s propaganda,’” Rogan went on, playing out the imaginary conversation with the royal. “‘Listen, whatever you eat I’ll eat double. Come on. Let’s go meet the aliens,’” he quipped.
“Could you imagine doing mushrooms with Prince Harry? You imagine if you could trick that guy into doing mushrooms with you?,” he said, smiling at the thought of the scenario.
“The moment you see him chew it and swallow it. There’s a moment when you do mushrooms, like 20 minutes after you swallow it, when you know you can’t throw it up anymore.”
“And you’re like, ‘Oh no it’s going to happen,’ and you’re sitting eye to eye with the prince,” he added.
“And here’s the thing. Mushrooms take about 40 minutes to kick in, but about 35 minutes in, you hear them coming. You hear footsteps in the distance. Meanwhile, Prince Harry is tripping balls.”
At that point, Rogan said he would “hover over him and say: “Are you sure vaccines are safe?” Bitch, you’re not a scientist.’”
