Joe Rogan - Jeff Ross: Roasting Toughens People Up

I see Jeff as like beyond unique. Like there's nobody like him and what he does and what he is able to do. It's really it's really it's not only fun to watch, but it's really like, you know, you're a self starter. He's a self starter. Like it's great to see self starters who find success because it really is difficult to like take something and like make it not only financially successful, but also like something that that we all respect and love, you know, and that's, you know, I'd say the roasting thing that Jeff really pretty much has rebranded into like, you know, every every possible way you can do it is always good because he's behind it. You know, when it's not when it's not really with him, then you're like, I'm not so sure. There's other people are really good at it too. But I'm just saying that like, you know, that is when, you know, we're on the road and people will scream out the car door. It's the Roastmaster. I mean, like, you know, I had my insomniac time, but he like 20, 30 times that in terms of like recognition. I mean, it's just amazing. It is where the year you're synonymous with roasts. Yeah. You know, I mean, like people say roast, they think Jeff Ross. I earned it because when people laughed at me and thought, oh, that's a dead art. It's a lost art. It's antiquated. It's corny. It's old guys. I stuck by it and said, no, it's alternative comedy. No one's doing it. I get to I get to hang with legends like Buddy Hackett and Milton Burrell, you know, and I stuck to it because and there was a while there was a there was a time when I was like embarrassed, like, oh, I'm going to be pigeonholed as the roast guy. Were you embarrassed? Not. I don't know if embarrass is the right word, but comfortable. Yeah. Because you're like, well, I want to be more than that. When was this around? This was probably 10 years ago. And I was in Vegas, Chappelle again, words of wisdom. He's like, dude, that's your lane. Make that a five lane highway and ride it. And that's kind of what we started when I started doing sort of really owning it and loving it. And to the credit of the world, as we became more pussies in the world, like roasting became more and more potent and important. Yeah. And the world needs to develop thick skin. And I think roasting honors people and it's done with love, but it also kind of toughens us up a little bit.