Joe Rogan, you just landed a $100-million licensing deal, what are you going to do next?
Well, he’s not going to Disneyland DIS, -0.43% . In fact, as he recently announced on his “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, he’s headed in the opposite direction.
“ ‘When you look at the traffic, when you look at the economic despair, when you look at the homelessness problem that’s accelerated radically over the last six, seven, 10 years, I think there’s too many people here. I think it’s not tenable, I don’t think that it’s manageable.’ ”
That’s Rogan‘s reasoning for leaving Los Angeles and heading — “soon” — to Texas.
“Every mayor does a s**t job of doing it because I don’t think anybody could do a great job of it,” added Rogan, who makes a reported $30 million a year doing his podcast. “I think there’s certain things you’re gonna have to deal with when you have a population of whatever the f**k L.A. is.”
Here he is making those comments:
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Back in May, in criticizing the coronavirus lockdown, Rogan teased the potential move.
“If California continues to be this restrictive, I don’t know if this is a good place to live,” he explained. “I might jet. I’m not kidding. I’m not kidding, this is silly. I don’t need to be here.”
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Rogan was trending Sunday on Twitter, where, of course, politics took over:
Earlier this year, Rogan sold his podcast to Spotify SPOT, +0.44% in a licensing deal that’s reportedly worth more than $100 million. Rogan’s full library — which adds up to about 1,500 episodes over the years — will debut on its new home beginning Sept. 1.
