Joe Rogan Told Tony Hinchcliffe To Stop Using That Puerto Rico Joke

Joe Rogan saw himself pulled into the Tony Hinchcliffe debacle as reports came in that he’s been pushing Donald Trump since at least August to have the “comedian” write “bangers” for him. However, one of those “bangers” turned out to be a “joke” about Puerto Rico at the Madison Square Garden hate rally, which spectacularly backfired by activating Puerto Rican celebrities and voters against Trump.

Joe Rogan would like the record to show: Not like that! He didn’t mean bangers like that, but you know, racistly.

During the latest episode of his podcast, Rogan tried to distance himself from the “joke” by revealing he’s warned Hinchcliffe about telling it. Not because it’s lame and sh*ts on an entire populace, but because Puerto Ricans are stabby. Yeah…

Via Variety:

“I’ve gotta tell you, that joke kills at comedy clubs. I don’t like the joke, [but] it kills,” Rogan said on Wednesday’s episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.” “It’s just like, if you’re Puerto Rican and you hear that in the audience, you’re like [groans]. But it’s a funny joke. The joke does well. But I said to him, I go, ‘Dude, that’s the one that’s gonna get you stabbed.’ And he used to talk about it on stage, saying, ‘Joe Rogan always says that’s the one that’s gonna get me stabbed.’”

Had Rogan known that Hinchcliffe was going to bust out that bit at Trump’s rally, he would’ve said, “Don’t you f*cking dare do that joke.” That said, Rogan predictably thinks the reaction is overblown.

“That’s like going to a Quentin Tarantino movie [and saying], ‘And then the man killed that woman.’ Like, he didn’t really kill that woman … this is a movie.”

Bruh, if someone appears at the modern-day equivalent of the 1939 Nazi rally and sh*ts on minorities, that’s not a fictional scenario. That’s called joining in. That’s being an active participant. You not only drank the Kool-Aid, but you’re serving it to others. You no longer get the protective veneer of “Hey, I’m just a guy telling jokes.” (Someone please send Jon Stewart this memo because he needs to hear it, too.)