Chelsea Handler Calls Joe Rogan “Completely Uninformed” After Forbes Put Him at the Top of Its Highest-Paid Podcaster List

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Forbes put Joe Rogan at the top of its 2026 list with an estimated $82 million from his podcast. Handler saw the number and told Instagram exactly where she thought it should go: “Give that to our vets, or our children!!!”

Forbes pegged Joe Rogan’s podcast-related earnings at $82 million between June 2025 and June 2026, enough to name him the highest-paid podcaster of 2026.

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Rogan, wearing a dark shirt and earpiece, looks on from the arena floor during the UFC 319 middleweight championship bout in Chicago, August 16, 2025. Photo by Geoff Stellfox / Getty Images.

Chelsea Handler took that figure to the comments of Forbes’ own Instagram post. “WHO IS PAYING JOE ROGAN $82 Million?” she wrote. “Give that to our vets, or our children!!!”

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Chelsea Handler takes the stage as host of the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on January 4, 2026, microphone in hand against a star-studded backdrop. Photo by Kevin Winter / Getty Images.

People reported the exchange, which lands the same week the outlet’s covers went to Shania Twain and to William Shatner and his daughter Melanie on surviving stage 4 cancer together.

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