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18th September 2023
04:50pm BST
Fifty-three per cent of women said that their partner refusing to see Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie was a turn-off, while 64 per cent of men said that “identifying as a communist” would be an instant red flag.
Women also took issue with Rogan, with 55 per cent saying that listening to his podcast was a turn-off. Only 35 per cent of men agreed.
According to UnHerd, 72 per cent of Rogan’s fans are men, 46 per cent are aged 18-34 and the majority are white (64 per cent).
Rogan is often on the controversial side of popular opinion.
During the Covid-pandemic he was accused of spreading false claims about the virus, vaccines and treatments which led to a campaign to have him cancelled. But, last month, Rogan made headlines when he defended the Barbie movie, when other right-leaning commentators were setting dolls on fire.
Rogan defended the record-breaking movie against critics calling it “woke” during an interview with Post Malone, saying that he found the fact that are lot of “people are upset” perplexing.
“But a lot of it is about the patriarchy, and it’s a comedy, it’s a comedy about dolls. People are upset that it’s this progressive metaphor for life that they’re pushing progressive politics in this, and I’m like, ‘It’s a f**king doll movie!’
“It’s a doll movie. It’s a fun movie about dolls who come to life and try to interact with the real world.”
Rogan lauded the Margot Robbie and Rylan Gosling movie saying, “No one’s ever done a movie like this before.”
“It was a bizarre movie, but it was a fun, silly movie, I laughed,” Rogan admitted.
“But at the end of it, I was like, ‘How did people get outraged at that?’ I know some people personally who said it’s anti-men. I’m like, ‘No, it’s making fun of dorks.’”
Speaking directly to criticism that the movie was too woke, Rogan added: “They (critics) think it’s a super woke movie. But it’s also a movie about how Barbies are the dolls that everyone cares about, and Ken is just a f**king accessory, which is real.
“So when you bring these things into a movie, you make them real life Barbieland, that’s how they have to be because that’s how it is in the real world.”
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