Joe Rogan has been called out by his guest for sharing a wild conspiracy theory about arsonists and looters during the Los Angeles fire disaster.
The podcaster discussed investigations into whether the Eaton and Pallisades fires were started by arsonists, and reports of evacuated homes being looted.
Rogan discussed the aftermath of the fires – which are still raging after thousands of homes were destroyed – with regular guest, comedian Bryan Callen.
He claimed that organized groups of up to a hundred people entered and robbed homes that had been evacuated but unaffected by the fires.
“People are looting like crazy, moving into neighborhoods that are being evacuated, breaking down doors and taking out TVs,” he said.
Looters have been spotted, some even dressed in fake firefighter outfits, and some arrested, but there have been no credible reports of huge organized gangs.
Callen said in frustrated exaggeration that arsonists should be “put to death,” before Rogan made an even more bizarre claim.
“One man was caught setting a fire, and he had a UN debit card… He had a bunch of them,” he claimed.
Joe Rogan has been called out by his guest for sharing a wild conspiracy theory about arsonists and looters during the Los Angeles fire disaster

Rogan made wild claims about arsonists in the LA fires. This alleged arsonist was arrested right next to the small fire he was accused of starting
“He had five cell phones and the United Nations prepaid debit card.”
Callen didn’t believe it. Tell Rogan to check the source of the claim because it didn’t sound good.
‘I’m sceptical. Is this a conspiracy? I just don’t want to be played. Do you know what I mean though? I don’t want to be played. “I don’t know what’s true anymore,” he said.
Rogan had his producer check the source of the claim and laughed when he was told it was an anonymous Twitter account and the tweets were deleted.
‘See? See? I told you. I’m already like hmm, I don’t know,” Called laughed.
“You’re spreading rumors, Joe Rogan. You’ve been played.’

Rogan discussed the aftermath of the fires – which are still raging after thousands of homes were destroyed – with regular guest, comedian Bryan Calle.

A looter sits on the sidewalk after being arrested by police

A car full of items stolen from evacuated homes after looters were captured by police
Screenshots of several other accounts’ claims are still online, mostly labeled as fake news.
The UN does not issue debit cards to anyone and no such product exists.
New York City has issued $350 prepaid debit cards to migrants since March so they could buy food, clothing and other necessities.
The city discovered that it was half the cost to feed the migrants themselves.
Mayor Eric Adams announced that the one-year pilot program would end and be replaced with “more competitive contracts for asylum seeker programs.”

Tools some looters used to break into evacuated homes and steal belongings