John F. Kennedy’s only living grandson Jack Schlossberg launched another social media attack on podcaster Joe Rogan as President Donald Trump prepares to release thousands of unredacted files related to JFK’s assassination.
Schlossberg called out Rogan for cozying it up with his cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in 2023 and making unfounded claims that JFK was killed by U.S. intelligence agencies.
“Hey Joe Rogan, what’s up you short f---?” Schlossberg asked the podcaster, who claims he’s five-foot-eight—although some skeptics argue he’s much shorter. (Schlossberg, for what it is worth, is six-foot-two.)
In the 2023 interview with Rogan, Kennedy acknowledged the JFK conspiracies. He suggested that he has to watch out in case he’s next.
“I’m aware of that danger,” the now Secretary of Health and Human Services said at the time. “I don’t live in fear of it, you know, at all. But I’m not stupid about it and I take precautions.”
Trump appeared on the same podcast months later and announced plans to release the JFK files. On Monday he doubled down on the plans and claimed he’d release 80,000 pages on the 1963 assassination by Tuesday afternoon. In advance of the file dump, Schlossberg called out Rogan and Kennedy for peddling their outlandish theories.
“Are you going to go through all the JFK assassination files tomorrow with your little butt buddy Bobby?” Schlossberg asked in his video. “You better, after you spread all those lies? You’re not going to go make sure that they’re true?”
Trump did not give any details as to what the files might include, only calling them “interesting” and saying that the administration likely won’t redact anything. He’s long entertained JFK-related conspiracy theories, and he ordered the release of all records related to JFK’s assassination only days after starting his January term.
The National Archives and Records Administration has previously confirmed that the government has released 99 percent of the related documents, only withholding anything that could harm national security. Thousands of documents have still remained fully or partially withheld.
Schlossberg has long maintained that the theories on his grandfather’s death are absolutely false. “The truth is a lot sadder than the myth—a tragedy that didn’t need to happen,” Schlossberg wrote in January. “Not part of an inevitable grand scheme.”
He’s also claimed that the declassification is “using JFK as a political prop when he’s not here to punch back” and there’s “nothing heroic about it.”
Schlossberg went on to take aim at Rogan’s height, asking “how’s the weather down there?” and starting his video caption with “Joe stand up so that we can see.”
He also teased the podcaster by asking for an invite to the show—before adding “just kidding” claiming that Rogan’s “too scared to talk to someone who doesn’t agree with you.”
Schlossberg has often slammed conservative media personalities with unfiltered and sometimes crude takes. Shortly after he bashed Rogan, he went after comedian Andrew Schulz for perpetuating the same misinformation.
“Andrew Schulz, big day for you man. You’re gonna go through all the JFK files? You spread all those lies too, brother,” he said.
He then added: “You’re super ugly, nobody thinks you’re funny, and I’d like to challenge you to a one-on-one fight, anytime you want. F--- you.”
The Daily Beast has reached out to Rogan and Schulz for comment.
