Kamala Harris is reportedly in talks with Joe Rogan to sit down for an interview on his influential podcast as critics claimed the move is a sign of desperation for the suddenly lagging Democratic candidate.
The Harris-Walz campaign met with Rogan’s team this week, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
However, no appearance has been confirmed yet. It comes just days after Donald Trump claimed he is already scheduled to appear on Rogan’s show, which has millions of listeners for every episode.
‘Joe Rogan has to have you on — would you do that?’ a clip from the ‘Full Send’ podcast posted over the weekend shows a host asking the former president.
Trump shoots back: ‘Oh sure I would.’ ‘In fact, I think I’m doing it.’
The ex-president called Rogan a ‘good guy’ who is ‘so well known because of the UFC.’
It appears Rogan’s team is working both candidates in a bid to get them in front of his massive, and mostly male, audience before Americans either head to the ballot box or mail in their vote.
The opportunity could be crucial for Harris, who has seen her support among male voters slip, with polling showing the race between her and Trump narrowing.
The Republican has suddenly gained an edge in the race and a Daily Mail election model is now leaning Trump for the first time since Harris displaced President Biden as the Democratic nominee.
After largely avoiding interviews since becoming the party’s nominee in late July, Harris has been on a media blitz of late.
Last week, she appeared on a special Monday night episode of 60 Minutes, one that Trump decided to take a pass on.
On Tuesday, she traveled to New York to make appearances on The View, Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show and the Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
She also taped an episode of the popular yet controversial podcast Call Her Daddy.
Rogan’s podcast, called ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ (JRE), has consistently been the most popular in the U.S. for years, garnering millions of plays from his some 13 to 19 million followers depending on the platform.
The music streaming platform Spotify, which famously signed Rogan to a deal reportedly worth more than $250 million, announced in March that JRE has 14.5 million followers.
Rogan has 13 million followers on X, 19 on Instagram, and 17 million on YouTube.
A good majority of them are young males — the exact cohort Kamala Harris is trying to make inroads with weeks before Election Day on November 5.
Last year, a poll from YouGov found that 81 percent of JRE listeners are men, and 56 percent are under the age of 35.
