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Joe Rogan mocks ‘The View’ after co-host Joy Behar jokes about him believing in ‘dragons’

He didn’t let it drag him down.

The hosts of ā€œThe Vieš•“wā€ took aim at podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan — who adopt🌺ed one of their insults as a badge of honor.

Veteran talk show host Joy Behar called out the world’s most famous podcaster during a conversation about younger AmešŸ’§ricš’ˆ”ans getting their news from influencers.

ā€œWe went šŸ‰from Walter Kronkite, basicalļ·ŗly, to this guy Joe Rogan, who believes in dragons,ā€ Behar said incredulously.

Whoopi Goldberg opened the segment by showing a poll that many young Americans get their news from social media influencers who skew toward the political right. Getty Images

ā€œI checked it,ā€ she continues, ā€œand he also believes that dragons, I dunno, like dinosaur-y type of an𒆙imals, roamed the Earth when people did.

ā€œSo this is the type of really, realꦉly bad info🐼rmation that is going out there,ā€ she concluded.

Rogan didn’t take the attempted barb too seriously.

The host of “The Joe Rogan Experience”Ā Ā of Behar delivering her assessment of his esoteric beliefs.

ā€œThatā™šā€™s my new official X description,ā€ he wrote — and promptly changed his bio on the social media platform to read, ā€œDragon Believer.ā€

Rogan then posted a conversation with biologꦅist and adventurer Forrest Galante titled, ā€œ

Joe Rogan mocked co-hosts of “The View” by changing his description on social media after they claimed he believes in dragons. starblue – stock.adobe.com

ā€œIt’s so possible that something that flew like a ptį©šį©šį©šį©šį©šį©šā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤į©šā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤į©šā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤į©šš’€±į©šį©šį©šerodactyl, like 😼we think of pterodactyls as being like bat wings, maybe they had feathers, maybe that a gigantic predatory bird and maybe some of those things looked like dragons,ā€ Rogan said in a previous conversation following that episode, . 

ā€œThink of all these different cultures, ancient, medieval Europe, Cļ·½hina, Japan, all of them had dragons, there’s so many dragons, it might have been a real thing, and I think most of them didn’t have dragons that could spit fire either, I think that was like a Hollywood movie, Godzilla-type deal,ā€ he added.

Rogan thešŸ’œn sent off a fusillade of posts riffing on the subjecꦰt.

The former ā€œFear Factorā€ hostĀ Ā Bible passage JobšŸƒ 41:18-21, which describes the Leviathan in a way that could also apply to a dragon.

Joy Behar mentioned, “We went from Walter Cronkite, basically,Ā to this guy Joe RoganĀ who believes in dragons. I checked it.” ABC

The comedian then quoted a , writing, ā€œI want to believšŸ„€e.ā€

The brain trust at ā€œThe Viewā€ was originally discussing a new poll that claimed 🐼many young Americans get their news from social media influencers who are right-leaning politically.

Behar took the opportunity to pat her show on the back — and take a swipe at Rogan — after co-host Sara Haines warned v🦹iewers about the dangers of deep-fake videos and misinformation.

Haines warned viewers to 🌠ā€œtriple-checkā€ something before allowing it to get them riled up🐷.

Behar had heršŸŽƒ own characteristically reductiā€ve take.

ā€œI think that’s why people like our show,ā€ the former comedian said. ā€œBecause they know that we are checked by ABC News.ā€

ā€œWe’re checkešŸ”Æd by everybody,ā€ co-host Whoopi Goldberg chimed in.