Joe Rogan tore into California gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter on his podcast Wednesday, blasting the Democrat over a string of viral videos showing her berating staffers and storming off interview sets — and declaring the former congresswoman “a crazy lady.”
“This lady who’s running for governor of California, this crazy lady…” Rogan said on his top-listened-to podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” referring to Porter.
“Katie Porter that screams at her staff, ‘Get out of my f–king shot!’” Rogan said, imitating the Democratic lawmaker.
“She looks like the way she talks. Like, the way she talks when the cameras are rolling and she doesn’t think anybody’s going to see it,” Rogan said, adding: “Like, what a monster!”
The podcaster’s remarks came as Porter faces a wave of negative attention in the final weeks before California’s gubernatorial election. Footage of her dressing down aides and clashing with reporters has dominated social media feeds.
The first clip that was obtained last week by Politico captured the then-congresswoman snapping “Get out of my f–king shot” at a staffer during a 2021 Zoom meeting with then–Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.
Porter, visibly irritated, continued the meeting after scolding the aide, who had accidentally entered the camera frame.
The next day, more resurfaced footage showed Porter glaring at another employee over a lighting setup, complaining the “bright lights” were “killing me” before ordering them shut off mid-interview.
Her temper also made headlines last Friday after a tense interview with reporter Julie Watts of the CBS affiliate in Sacramento — during which Porter complained of “unnecessary” questions, tried to unclip her microphone and threatened to walk out.
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who is running against Porter for the governorship of the state, later aired the full three-minute encounter in a campaign ad titled “In Katie Porter’s Own Words.”
Rogan then doubled down on his view that Porter’s on-camera behavior disqualified her from leadership.
Porter, 51, sought to quell the backlash a day earlier during a Zoom call hosted by the progressive Working Families Party, where she appeared contrite.
“I absolutely understand that I could have been better in those moments,” Porter said, according to The New York Times.
“I’m going to hold myself to that standard, to do better and to acknowledge that I fell short.”
The congresswoman-turned-candidate, who is running to replace outgoing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, has tried to refocus her campaign on housing, cost-of-living issues and education.
But the weeklong barrage of resurfaced clips, staffer accounts and rival attacks has overshadowed her policy agenda.
Former staffer Sasha Georgiades, a Navy veteran who worked for Porter from 2020 to 2022, told The Post last week that the candidate could be “downright mean” to subordinates, targeting “the quieter ones, the more soft-spoken ones.”
Porter’s campaign has not publicly responded to Georgiades’s claims.
The Post has sought comment from her.
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