His whole thing has been that of being a skeptic for many years, whether it’s in legitimacy of certain combat sports, whether pumping your body with TRT will have any negative effects, or in what medical professionals push. This seemed all fine and dandy when the political landscape was sane, and when society didn’t need people to follow medical advice.

Like many, he’s realised that his fans will follow anything he says, and he’s become more vocal towards his own views. For lack of a better term, he’s an influencer, and his views influence people. From a MMA perspective, many would say that this has had an effect on his ability to call the sport he’s an expert in, because his analysis is often pretty poor - even compared to commentators with minimal knowledge of the professional sport.

The connotations for Rogan is that fame corrupts. The connotations for your friend are that he might be exposed to utter bullshit and assume it’s correct because “Rogan brings experts on the show”.