Joe Rogan challenged vaccine expert Peter Hotez to debate RFK Jr. on his podcast for $100,000 to charity. Crowdfunding exploded: Bill Ackman, Dave Rubin, Patrick Bet-David, and Andrew Tate pledged money, reaching $2.6 million total. Hotez hasn't accepted.
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Robert F. Kennedy, he's JFK's nephew, and he recently went on Joe Rogan. He said a lot of things that could be categorized as anti-vaccine. There's this famous professor and famous vaccine guy. He says, "Spotify has stopped even sort of trying to stem Joe Rogan's vaccine misinformation. It's really awful." Joe Rogan, he replied, and he goes, "Peter, if you claim what RFJ Jr. said is misinformation, I'm offering you $100,000 to the charity of your choice if you're willing to come onto the pod and debate him." my show with no time limit. So now it's up to $2.6 million of other people. So Bill Ackman put up $150K, Dave Rubin $100K, Patrick Bet-David $100K. Even Andrew Tate is now offering $500K. It's $2.6 million to get this guy on the show, and he's not going to do it.