‘What a Terrible Idea!’ Joe Rogan and Matthew McConaughey Crack Up Over So-Called ‘Gay Bomb’
Joe Rogan made Matthew McConaughey crack up when he shared his prime example of a “dumb” idea the U.S. government has wasted taxpayer money on: a so-called “Gay Bomb.” Rogan claimed the “bomb” was developed to “just turn the whole city gay” once it was dropped on an enemy.
Rogan filled McConaughey in on the oddball weapon on the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience on Tuesday. Here is how the podcast heavyweight explained it:
They tried to develop a gay bomb, like they spent millions of dollars developing a bomb. And the concept behind this bomb was you would detonate it over a city, and it would be like a bunch of probably pheromones and hormones and some kind of drug, and it would make people so horny that they would just have to have sex with whoever is near them. And then the idea was they would be humiliated by this, and then we would just come in and just f*ck up all these [guys]. Like, if a man becomes gay now he’s no longer like a highly-trained military solider. Now, he’s just a fruitcake. Just some guys watching musicals.
McConaughey could not help but laugh when Rogan started telling him about it; the thought of foreign enemies having “low morale” or not understanding why they were suddenly big fans of musicals was hilarious to the Hollywood star.
Rogan could not remember when the gay bomb idea was floated, believing it may have been during Barack Obama’s presidency or one of the Bush Administrations. Producer Jamie Vernon later read from Wikipedia that it was explored in the mid-’90s and that the Pentagon “did not deny” it — which Rogan and McConaughey both howled at.
Ed Nash, a reporter who focuses on the military, reported $7.5 million was requested for the proposal in 1994. “No solid research,” indicates the idea was pursued, Nash wrote, “as far as we know.” Congressional testimony reported by the Associated Press indicates the gay bomb was among 200 other proposals.
The idea was absurd, Rogan added, considering homosexuality and the ability to fight are not mutually exclusive.
“Pirates were gay. You’re stuck at sea for five months. Dudes, you make choices, right? Samurai did a lot of gay stuff. Spartans, the greatest warriors of all time, all gay. Like, what a terrible idea to spend money on,” Rogan said, adding, “Some of the greatest warriors of all time in recorded history were gay, including pirates. Pirates were gay. You’re stuck at sea for five months with a bunch of dudes, you make choices, right? Samurai did a lot of gay stuff. Spartans, the greatest warriors of all time, all gay. Like, what a terrible idea to spend money on.”
McConaughey continued his minutes-long chuckling as Rogan covered the pirates and Spartans.
You can watch that full segment via The Joe Rogan Experience’s YouTube page above:
