Joe Rogan has shut down Conor McGregor in no uncertain terms with regards to his recent claim that his recent acting role in the reboot of the Road House movie was harder than fighting.
“Acting (is harder than MMA),” McGregor had told the JOE site. “Time consumption, and it’s not just action and fighting and stunts, it’s also remembering the line and you have to time things correctly, you’re engaging with another person.
“It’s just a difficult game, a lot more difficult than I gave it credit for.”
That’s all well and good, but when Rogan heard what McGregor had said he couldn’t resist pointing out that he didn’t believe a word of it.
“Listen to me well, that’s not true. That’s not true even for him, okay – act in Road House or fight Khabib again, shut the f*** up. That’s crazy talk,” Rogan said on his JRE podcast.
“He broke his f***** leg in a fight, he broke his leg – that’s harder,” said Rogan, adding “That’s way harder than f***** acting.
“The guy’s promoting a movie and he’s a great promoter, he’s the best promoter in the history of the sport and no one even comes close. There’s Conor McGregor and then there’s everybody else.”
As well as being the UFC’s long-time color commentator and having a front-row seat for McGregor’s leg break, Rogan has also been an actor himself in the past, including starring in the long-running NewsRadio sitcom back in the 1990’s and landing roles in films like Zookeeper and Here Comes The Boom since, so he has a fair idea what it’s like on both sides of the coin.
“‘Reveals why acting is harder than MMA’, that’s just a clickbait bulls**t headline that you fell for, son,” Rogan concluded. “Acting is harder? Time consumption?… It takes a lot of time. There’s a lot of sitting around. If you’re acting, you’re gonna be on a set 16 hours a day. You’re probably gonna be sitting around for 10, waiting for your (line) especially if you’re Conor, you’re not Jake Gyllenhaal.”
