{"id":222281,"date":"2026-02-11T21:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/joe-rogan-breaks-silence-on-epstein-files-inclusion-b-tch-are-you-high\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T21:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:10:30","slug":"joe-rogan-breaks-silence-on-epstein-files-inclusion-b-tch-are-you-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/joe-rogan-breaks-silence-on-epstein-files-inclusion-b-tch-are-you-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan Breaks Silence on Epstein Files Inclusion: &#8216;B-tch, Are You High?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As you\u2019ve almost certainly heard by now, some of the world\u2019s most famous names appear in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/jeffrey-epstein-files-unredacted-congress-9-year-old-victim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Epstein files<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And most of them have been doing everything they can to distance themselves from the deceased sex trafficker.<\/p>\n<p>But while people like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/kate-middleton-and-prince-william-break-silence-on-epstein-files-are-concerned-by-revelations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prince Andrew will be linked to Epstein forever<\/a>, guys like Joe Rogan will have a much easier time clearing their names.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1358338575-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Rogan introduces fighters during the UFC 269 ceremonial weigh-in  at MGM Grand Garden Arena on December 10, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. \" class=\"wp-image-548165 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1358338575-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1358338575-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1358338575-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1358338575-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1358338575-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1358338575-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1358338575-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1358338575-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joe Rogan introduces fighters during the UFC 269 ceremonial weigh-in  at MGM Grand Garden Arena on December 10, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, Rogan is mentioned in the Epstein files.<\/p>\n<p>But unlike Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Howard Lutnick, and the other rich and powerful men whose names are associated with Epstein, Rogan doesn\u2019t seem to have anything to worry about.<\/p>\n<p>The wildly popular comic host addressed the matter on the latest episode of his podcast, during a conversation with actress (and RFK Jr. spouse) Cheryl Hines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m in the files for not going,\u201d Rogan claimed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Rogan MC's during the UFC 300 ceremonial weigh-in at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 12, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. \" class=\"wp-image-548164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-960x686.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-1080x771.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-1200x857.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Rogan MC's during the UFC 300 ceremonial weigh-in at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 12, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. \" class=\"wp-image-548164 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-960x686.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-1080x771.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-1200x857.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2148468971-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joe Rogan MC\u2019s during the UFC 300 ceremonial weigh-in at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 12, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cJeffrey Epstein was trying to meet with me. And I was like, what? Like, no thanks,\u201d Rogan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAren\u2019t you glad [you didn\u2019t go]?\u201d Hines asked Rogan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not even a possibility that I would\u2019ve ever went, especially after I Googled him,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, what the f\u2014 are you talking about? This was like 2017. One of my guests was trying to get me to meet him. I was like, b\u2014h are you high? Like, what the f\u2014 are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the files, Lawrence Krauss, a physicist who has appeared on Rogan\u2019s show multiple times, was close friends with Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw you did the Joe =ogan [sic] show, can you introduce me, I think hes =unny [sic],\u201d Epstein wrote in an email to Krauss in 2017 (via <a href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/p\/joe-rogan-jeffrey-epstein-podcast-guest-who-tried-introducing-them-blasted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radar Online<\/a>).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1154618548-8.jpg\" alt=\"In this handout provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Jeffrey Epstein poses for a sex offender mugshot after being charged with procuring a minor for prostitution on July 25, 2013 in Florida. \" class=\"wp-image-548168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1154618548-8.jpg 375w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1154618548-8-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1154618548-8.jpg\" alt=\"In this handout provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Jeffrey Epstein poses for a sex offender mugshot after being charged with procuring a minor for prostitution on July 25, 2013 in Florida. \" class=\"wp-image-548168 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1154618548-8.jpg 375w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1154618548-8-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1154618548-8.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this handout provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Jeffrey Epstein poses for a sex offender mugshot after being charged with procuring a minor for prostitution on July 25, 2013 in Florida. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Florida Department of Law Enforcement via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As Epstein had already done time for soliciting a minor for prostitution, Rogan prudently decided not to meet with the man.<\/p>\n<p>He told Hines that he would have had no reason to meet Epstein, as he was now \u201ca guy who is sucking up to the rich and powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201csome people get intoxicated by being in a circle of rich and powerful people, even if they don\u2019t have any ambitions of being one of those people. They just want to be around them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rogan went on to describe Epstein as \u201cvery clever,\u201d explained that the financier \u201cwas getting all of these very powerful and very respected people together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah. And you would figure like, [former President Bill] Clinton\u2019s here. How could this be bad? You know, he\u2019s a genius,\u201d Rogan added.<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it. Joe Rogan was smart enough to steer clear of the island \u2014 so what excuse do these other guys have?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/joe-rogan-breaks-silence-on-epstein-files-inclusion-b-tch-are-you-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes As you\u2019ve almost certainly heard by now, some of the world\u2019s most famous names appear in the Epstein files. And most of them have been doing everything they can to distance themselves from the deceased sex trafficker. But while people like Prince Andrew will be linked to Epstein forever, guys like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-222281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}