"I want to be in the meeting when they pitch that" - When Joe Rogan called out Late Night talk show host Stephen Colbert for his "strange" vaccine song

Earlier this year, UFC commentator Joe Rogan laid into Late Night talk show host Stephen Colbert for a vaccine-promoting song segment on his show. Rogan stated that the vaccine skits were "strange."

Watch Stephen Colbert's vaccine skit below:

During episode 122 of the MMA Show edition of the The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE), Rogan told former UFC fighter Jake Shields:

“The vaccine songs, that was strange. I wanna be in the meeting where they pitch that. Like here’s the thing ‘We’re gonna go da da da dada da vaccines!' Like where’s the joke? Where’s the joke? Are people going to watch this?”

Furthermore, the 55-yeard old suggested that the talk show host was probably doing the bizarre segment to earn a hefty paycheck, be famous and forge friendships with the societal elite:

"I bet it's for sure very lucrative. He gets a lot of money. I bet he enjoys being the star of a show and he enjoys being in, he is in on the 'in crowd'. "

Earlier this year, the UFC commentator came under fire from healthcare professionals for spreading alleged misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic through his podcast. Many of Joe Rogan's podcast episodes were removed from Spotify due to the controversy.

Watch the full podcast episode with Jake Shields below:

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When Joe Rogan stated that Late Night talk shows were basically commercials

Speaking to Adam Conover on episode 1282 of JRE, Joe Rogan stated that he liked Stephen Colbert more as the host of the political satire show The Colbert Report than as a Late Night show host.

The UFC commentator added that the Late Night talk shows were nothing more than promotional pieces:

"I liked the guy, don't get me wrong. I like him more on The Colbert Report than I like him as a Late Night talk show host. But I think that's also my prejudice against that format... Late Night shows are just promotion shows, that's all they are. All they are is, hey Adam, hear you have a book out. Hey, Mike, tell us about your new show. It's basically like a version of a commercial."

Watch the JRE clip below:

Conover also chimed in saying that The Colbert Report was more appealing to him as a comedy writing fan than the Late Night talk show. The comedian stated that the well-crafted satirical pieces Colbert used to deliver on the show were extremely graceful.

Watch the full podcast below: