Joe Rogan gives unfiltered reaction to 'Hawk Tuah' girl Haliey Welch's alleged $151,000 crypto scam: "How many stone cold retards are out there?"

Joe Rogan recently reacted to 'Hawk Tuah' girl Haliey Welch allegedly being involved in a big-money crypto scam. The UFC commentator also questioned the mental health of the people who invested in Welch's meme coin while showing some sympathy for the social media sensation.

For context, Welch hit the limelight after her 'Hawk Tuah' quote from a street interview went viral online. Capitalizing on her notoriety, she joined Jake Paul's Betr media company and started the Talk Tuah podcast. Last month, she released her own crypto meme coin, $HAWK, which reached a peak $500 million valuation before falling to $25 million. This led to her being accused of being involved in a pump-and-dump scheme.

In a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast with Yannis Pappas and Chris Distefano (JRE #2249), Rogan discussed the lawsuit looming over Welch and shared his thoughts on the matter. He said:

"One guy invested a million dollars. Imagine like, ‘The Hawk Tuah girl? Yeah, that’s a sound investment... It was probably some people she got invested in, and she probably doesn’t understand all that stuff. She’s only 22 or something. It’s probably the partners that went with her. They pumped and dumped on her, and then she was left holding the bill because nobody knows who they are. I’m just guessing. I don’t know.”

Rogan then read an article confirming the number of people suing Welch for damages worth $151,000 and continued:

"Isn’t it weird that there’s only 12 people, and they’ve lost $151,000 in total?… How many stone-cold r*tards are roaming the world?”

Catch Joe Rogan's comments below (1:33:39):

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Joe Rogan discusses manufactured conspiracy theories with "nefarious" ambitions

In the same episode, Joe Rogan talked about the proliferation of conspiracy theories in popular culture and how they could be a tool for other purposes. He theorized that some people could use manufactured theories about widely known events to distract the public.

Speaking to Yannis Pappas and Chris Distefano on the JRE podcast, Rogan referenced infamous conspiracy theory peddler Alex Jones and said:

"Some people create fake conspiracy theories and then put them online. There’s a more nefarious aspect to it, too [other than gaining attention from such content]. The more conspiracy theories you can make look really stupid, the more the real ones seem preposterous... If you get enough of the ones that don’t make sense like the Jews control the weather… They’re all [bound divert people away from the real reasons]."

Catch Joe Rogan's comments below (19:51):