Joe Rogan Underlines Netflix’s “Big Turning Point” With Tom Brady Roast

Joe Rogan is a simple man. He likes watching fights, working out, and comedy. In fact, the UFC commentator made his start in show business as a stand-up comedian. Despite having the world’s biggest podcast and being a UFC commentator, the Texas resident has continued being a comedian and even built a whole comedy club– ‘Comedy Mothership’– when he moved to Texas.

All of this to say that Rogan loves comedy. Which is partly why Rogan is such a strong free speech proponent– he feels that any restrictions on speech or pressure to be politically correct adversely affects comedy, which sometimes requires stepping over red lines and addressing controversial and polarizing topics. But right now, Rogan feels that comedy is making a strong comeback, which he credits in large part to the 2024 Tom Brady roast on Netflix.

“[Comedy] is in a better place. I think a big turning point was the Tom Brady roast, I think. That was because it was the biggest thing ever on Netflix. More people watched the Tom Brady Roast on Netflix, which is wild comedy. Tony Hinchcliffe [was] on fire, on fire. Yeah, I mean he took that super seriously and you know I actually got a
hold of Tom to get him on the roast,” Rogan told NFL superstar Aaron Rodgers on episode #2325 of the JRE podcast.

“Netflix was all of a sudden like wide open. They were completely open to do wild stuff now because they’re like ‘Look, f–k all this woke s–t, this is not profitable. Not only is that not profitable, like, we’re actually killing the business.’ And you’re killing the business of comedy,” he added.

Indeed, the Tom Brady roast was a huge event. The special was reportedly seen over two million times on the first night, and broke into the top ten trending Netflix shows that same night. Many clips of the special went viral online and fans were treated to comedians roasting the former Patriots quarterback, his former coach, Bill Bellicheck, and even Patriots owner Robert Kraft in hilarious and extremely creative ways.

As Rogan pointed out, the jokes weren’t really politically correct with the participants savagely roasting Brady on anything they could roast him on. And Rogan feels that the unprecedented success of this event has made Netflix more comfortable with taking chances on more controversial and politically incorrect material. And while the ___ may have _____, it did not __________.

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Tom Brady was roasted on everything under the sun by the comedians on his roast. From his divorce with Gisele Bundchen to his unceremonious exit from the Patriots, to him breaking up with actress Bridget Moynahan in 2006, shortly before she gave birth to their son. While the audiences found the jokes hilarious, Brady was apparently not too amused.

“I liked when the jokes were about me. I thought they were so fun. I didn’t like the way they affected my kids…It’s the hardest part about…like the bittersweet aspect of when you do something that you think is one way and then all of a sudden you realize I wouldn’t do that again because of the way that it affected actually the people that I care about the most in the world. It makes you in some ways a better parent going through it,” the seven-time Super Bowl winner said after the roast.

Of course, some would say that Brady should have known what he was signing up for since the tone of almost all celebrity roasts is pretty brutal and offensive. But even if he won’t do a roast on his expense again, at least he was a good enough sport to go through it once. Especially because his famous roast may have helped save comedy, according to Joe Rogan. What do you think about Joe Rogan’s thoughts on the roast?

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