Joe Rogan eviscerates ‘gross’ insurance industry after assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

Joe Rogan suggested few will mourn UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson after suspected killer Luigi Mangione was arrested for the murder.

Mangione, 26, was taken into custody Monday afternoon on gun charges at the fast-food restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after he allegedly shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Thompson, 50, outside a Manhattan hotel.

Rogan spoke about the shooting on Tuesday’s episode of his podcast, which was recorded last week before Mangione was caught but after a photo of him was released.

In a conversation with filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and producer Roger Avary, Rogan had little sympathy for Thompson.

After Avary suggested that he “don’t think anyone will cry too hard over that guy,” Rogan responded that his family would, “but that’s about it.”

Rogan — who endorsed Donald Trump in 2024 but picked Bernie Sanders in 2020 — said Thompson would not be well remembered for his participation in what he calls the “gross” insurance industry.

“It’s a dirty, dirty business. The insurance industry is fucking dirty,” he said.

With Mangione yet to be arrested, Rogan posited the reason for Mangione’s actions.

“I don’t think this guy was a professional,” Rogan said. ‘I think this man, if I had to guess, [is] some guy [who] I’m fucking over. Apparently that company is very bad at denying claims.’

It has since been alleged that Mangione had a manifesto against UnitedHealthcare after suffering a debilitating back injury that required painful spine surgery.

At a news conference, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione had a three-page handwritten document showing “ill will toward corporate America.”

A law enforcement official who was not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity said the document included a sentence in which Mangione claimed to have acted alone.

“I’ll keep it short for the FBI because I respect what you do for our country. To spare you a lengthy investigation, I clearly state that I have not collaborated with anyone,” the official said in the document.

It also included a sentence that said, “I apologize for any conflict or trauma, but it had to be done.” Honestly, these parasites just got it.”

He made his first court appearance after he was charged with murder on Tuesday – pouting as he was escorted out of the hearing after having a savage public meltdown hours earlier.

The orange jumpsuit-clad suspect had to be restrained as he shouted at police as he entered the courtroom in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Mangione was arrested Monday at a McDonald’s in Altoona.

Thomas Dickey, Mangione’s attorney, said Tuesday night that his client will also plead not guilty to the gun possession charges he faces in Pennsylvania.

The wealthy CEO was in the Big Apple to host UnitedHealthcare’s annual investor meeting, where he would explain the insurance company’s huge profits for the year.

Surveillance camera footage showed him walking outside a Hilton hotel in downtown Manhattan when he was shot by three bullets at close range.

It was later discovered that the shell casings had the words “deny,” “defend,” and “deposit” written on them, in an apparent attack on the practice of health insurance.

It is assumed Mangione was angry about the way health insurers treated a sick family member, the newspaper said New York Post.

No further details about that family member or their identity have been shared, although online obituaries show Mangione lost a grandmother in 2013 and a grandfather in 2017.

His X account also contains an X-ray of a complicated neck operation.

The former valedictorian was also in possession of a 3D printed pistol and a black silencer, with police noting the pistol was loaded with a single Glock magazine containing six 9mm all-metal bullets.

A loose 9mm hollow point bullet was also found.

Altoona Police Department officers remained stationed at the restaurant Monday evening as surveillance footage captured the moment Mangione was arrested.

Authorities later confirmed that Mangione got off a Greyhound bus across from the McDonald’s around 9 a.m. Monday morning after leading NYPD officers on a cross-country chase.

Staff at nearby restaurants say they were unaware that the killer had been apprehended just meters from their doors, and simply remembered that local police cars had been in the area.

Agents now believe Mangione had been in Pennsylvania for several days after Thompson’s December 4 killing, and may have previously spent time in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. according to the New York Times.

“We have an idea of ​​how he got from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, but there are some gaps in time,” Lt. Col. George Bivens said.

“And before we start putting together a timeline of his travels, we need to go through all that first.”

Mangione is now due back in court for a preliminary hearing on December 23.