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Joe Rogan's passionate yet misinformed rant about a proposed Australian law attempting to ban citizens from growing their own food quickly backfired after the controversial podcaster realized his claims were rooted in fake news.

In a May 12 episode of his Spotify podcast, "The Joe Rogan Experience," its host claimed that "someone," "I think it was New South Wales," made an effort to pass the debunked proposal nationwide.

"I read something briefly and didn't get into the article," Rogan told his listeners. "But they were saying they were trying to pass a bill that would outlaw you growing your own food in Australia."

He then mocked Australian officials, claiming in an exaggerated tone, "They were saying, 'Whoa, you could grow your own food. And what else? The disease was from your food. It infects the population, kills us off. Oh, we can't have that.'"

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The shock jock added that he didn't know the reasoning behind the law but was "pretty sure" it concerned agricultural contamination. He then chose his words carefully, calling Australian authorities "f**king creeps" who were trying to "smoke out" anti-vaxxers.

"You could justify it if you were a real piece of s**t, you could say most pandemics come from agriculture . . . f**king creeps man, these...

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