Joe Rogan is the latest industry heavyweight speaking out against Donald Trump\u2019s repeated attacks against Rob Reiner after the director\u2019s tragic death. Trump alleged that Reiner\u2019s death was \u201cdue to the anger he caused others\u201d\u00a0from being outspokenly anti-Trump. Reiner\u2019s son, Nick, has been arrested in connection to his parents\u2019 deaths.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Rob Reiner thing is not funny,\u201d Rogan said on a recent podcast featuring comedian Shane Gillis (via Entertainment Weekly<\/a>). \u201cWhen you see it with no empathy, that\u2019s when it\u2019s hard to like. Listen, there\u2019s no justification for what he did that makes any sense in a compassionate society. It\u2019s no different than people that were celebrating when Charlie Kirk got shot. It\u2019s the same kind of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cImagine if Obama tweeted something about someone after they died in this way. That this person was a deranged person that hated Obama.\u201d\u00a0Rogan continued. \u201cIt just shows you how crazy it is, the way Trump thinks and talks. It\u2019s just like, the guy got sliced up by his kid, you know? Anybody that doesn\u2019t see that and go, \u2018Fuck, man.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Rogan said someone should\u2019ve taken Trump\u2019s \u201cfucking phone\u201d away from when he decided to weigh in on Reiner\u2019s death and added that he was \u201cso disappointed\u201d by Trump\u2019s comments: \u201cIt\u2019s so disappointing. It\u2019s like why\u2026 if you say that privately that\u2019s one thing, which is also crazy, but it\u2019s so disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump made his statement on Reiner in a Truth Social post that read: \u201cA very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!\u201d<\/p>\n Trump doubled down on his criticism of Reiner hours later when asked during a press conference about Republicans condemning his original statement. He responded: \u201cWell, I wasn\u2019t a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned\u2026 I thought he was very bad for our country.\u201d<\/p>\n The U.S. president was widely condemned by Hollywood for his statements on Reiner. Josh Gad\u00a0posted on Threads<\/a>: \u201cThere is no low that is too low for this fucking psychopath. Rob Reiner was 1000 times the man you are and unlike you, he actually cared about the American people. Go paint your hand on your gold fucking toilet and destroy things like the White House. That\u2019s what you do best.\u201d<\/p>\n Jimmy Kimmel\u00a0bashed Trump<\/a>\u00a0as \u201chateful and vile\u201d for going after Reiner after such a tragic death. The late night host added: \u201cWhat we need at a time like this, besides common sense when it comes to guns and mental health care, is compassion and leadership. We did not get that from our president, because he has none of it to give. Instead, we got a fool rambling about nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n Whoopi Goldberg on \u201cThe View\u201d condemned Trump and also every Republican staying silent on the matter by saying: \u201cThere\u2019s no justification for him to have written what he wrote. There\u2019s no way to justify it and all those Republicans who are quiet, damn you all. Damn you all.\u201d<\/p>\n Listen to Rogan and Gillis\u2019 full conversation on \u201c\u201dThe Joe Rogan Experience\u201d in the video below.<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. 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