'He stole from everybody; stole from a lot of people,' Rogan said on his podcast of the late comedian Williams.
Commentator and podcaster Joe Rogan has lashed out at Robin Williams, accusing the late star of constantly plagiarizing the jokes of lesser-known comedians.Williams died by suicide aged 63 in 2014, following a Lewy body dementia diagnosis. Over the years preceding and since his death, the Mrs. Doubtfire actor has been revered as one of America's greatest comedic talents.
'I think he wanted to kill more than he wanted to be ethical. At any cost. And especially back then, when no one was really watching you other than comedians.'In the biography Robin, journalist Dave Itzkoff wrote that, while at West Hollywood's storied Comedy Store back in 1979, an 'unnamed performer was said to have thrown Robin against a wall and ordered him to pay him $300 for the parts of his routine he believed had been lifted, a shakedown that Robin supposedly agreed to.
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