"These awards are junk": TMZ founder Harvey Levin has some thoughts on Joe Rogan being snubbed by the Golden Globes

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Holly Ash

Dec 11, 2025

The Golden Globes, which TMZ founder Harvey Levin says are "junk" added a "Best Podcast" award this year and you'll never guess which #1 podcast in the world didn't get a nomination.

I'll send it over to Harvey:

These awards are junk ... How is it that Joe Rogan and Theo Von haven't been nominated? Well, I think there's an answer to that, and the answer has to do with this [hand gesture], which is leaning right.

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How do you not nominate Joe Rogan? Does that make any sense? Whether you like his views or dislike them he is a consequential, really good podcaster -- I mean, he just is. When you listen to the breath of what he does, the depth of what he can do, and the honesty, at the very least, how does a guy like that not get nominated? Again, it's obvious what the answer is. The answer is that he leans to the right.

Here are the nominees (I'm sure you've heard of them):

Joe Rogan, who consistently has the literal top podcast in the world, simply does not care about this. It's the Golden Globes for goodness' sake!

Literally the only thing memorable about these awards was Ricky Gervais' 2020 monologue, which I'll leave right here before I go. 👇


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