Joe Rogan trolled after sharing fake news about Steven Seagal joining Russian forces

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their ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The post surfaced amid high-stakes talks between the nations, in which Ukraine demanded that the invading nation withdraw troops from their country.The screenshot, which the host of “The Joe Rogan Experience” shared Monday to Facebook and Instagram on Monday, depicted the 69-year-old action movie star toting a machine gun while rocking sunglasses and combat fatigues.

The description read, “Intelligence agencies around the world have spotted American actor Steven Seagal among Russian special forces positioned around the outskirts of Gostomel airfield near Kyiv captured by Russian airborne troops.”Rogan, 53, captioned the faux report, “If I had to guess the plot of this f–ked up movie we’re living through I would say we are about 14 hours from the arrival of the aliens.”Social media commenters were quick to rip into the post, which some pointed out was actually from Steven Seagal’s 2016 thriller “Sniper.”“This is obviously photoshopped though,” scoffed one detractor on Instagram. “I may be a beluga whale but I do make memes for a living so I like to think I can detect a meme with my sonar.”“I had to Google to make sure this wasn’t real.

Lol this world is bonkers,” said another. One critic wrote, “For anyone who thinks this is real: it’s quite cold — about -2°C — in most of Ukraine.

This photo was clearly shot on a warm day.”“@joerogan I’d laugh, but my friends are dying,” they added. “Joe Rogan sharing misinformation while taking 70 episodes of his own show down,” snarked another, in reference to Spotify’s alleged culling of “JRE” episodes last month after the former comedian allegedly disseminated COVID disinformation.