Joe Rogan Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Say what you will about Joe Rogan, the man was smarter than a whole lot of other powerful people when it came to Jeffrey Epstein. Reacting to his name appearing in the latest batch of Epstein files, the podcaster and comedian says a guest tried to get him to meet with the notorious sex offender back in 2017. But Rogan says he shot down the idea. "I'm in the files for not going," Rogan told guest Cheryl Hines (as spotted by The Daily Beast). Related Stories News Why MAGA-Boosting Comedy Bros Are Turning on Trump News Best Coast Frontwoman Demands Casey Wasserman's Removal From Namesake Company Over Epstein Emails In the files released in January, Epstein wrote to physicist Lawrence Krauss - a former Rogan podcast guest - asking "can you introduce me" to Rogan. Krauss said he would try and then later admitted Rogan hadn't replied to the offer. "Jeffrey Epstein was trying to meet with me," Rogan said on his podcast. "And I was like, 'Whaaaat?' Like, 'No thanks.' It's not even a possibility that I would've ever went, especially after I Googled him." "I was like, what the fuck are you talking about?" he continued. "This was like 2017. One of my guests was trying to get me to meet him. I was like, 'Bitch, are you high?' What the fuck are you talking about?" Hines asked Rogan what reason he would have for meeting with the disgraced financier. "If I was a guy who was like sucking up to the rich and powerful, if I was into hanging with rich and powerful people," he said. "Some people get intoxicated by being in a circle of rich and powerful people - even if they don't have any ambitions of being one of those people. They just want to be around them ... What this guy was going was very clever. He was getting very powerful and respected people together. [And you think: Bill Clinton's] here. How could this be bad?'" In 2025, Rogan's podcast The Joe Rogan Experience dominated all podcast platforms, including being Spotify's top global podcast for the sixth year in a row. Rogan endorsed President Donald Trump in 2024, though has since expressed some criticism for the president's immigration policies. "It's insane," Rogan said in July during a conversation with Replit CEO Amjad Masad. "We were told there would be no - well, there are two things that are insane. One is the targeting of migrant workers - not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers - just construction workers, showing up in construction sites, raiding them. Gardeners. Like, really?" THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Today Savannah Guthrie Posts New Video Saying Family Will "Never Give Up On" Missing Mom as Investigators Chase New Leads James Van Der Beek James Van Der Beek's GoFundMe Tops $1 Million in Under 24 Hours After His Death James Van Der Beek James Van Der Beek's Friends Set Up GoFundMe for Actor's Family After Cancer Battle Left Them "Out of Funds" James Van Der Beek James Van Der Beek's Final Posted Photo Was a Heartbreaking Tribute to His Daughter UCLA Bijou Phillips Hospitalized in Los Angeles Amid Desperate Plea for New Kidney Rambling Reporter Ghislaine Maxwell or Diane Warren? The Internet Can't Decide Today Savannah Guthrie Posts New Video Saying Family Will "Never Give Up On" Missing Mom as Investigators Chase New Leads James Van Der Beek James Van Der Beek's GoFundMe Tops $1 Million in Under 24 Hours After His Death James Van Der Beek James Van Der Beek's Friends Set Up GoFundMe for Actor's Family After Cancer Battle Left Them "Out of Funds" James Van Der Beek James Van Der Beek's Final Posted Photo Was a Heartbreaking Tribute to His Daughter UCLA Bijou Phillips Hospitalized in Los Angeles Amid Desperate Plea for New Kidney Rambling Reporter Ghislaine Maxwell or Diane Warren? The Internet Can't Decide