Brendan Schaub spent a recent episode of his podcast sitting across from Eric Griffin, filling in for Bryan Callen, who had taken off to England on a vacation with a billionaire friend. Schaub didn’t waste much time before turning his attention to the Austin comedy scene.
“People figured out, oh, the Mecca of comedy isn’t here,” Griffin said, adding, “I think people have finally figured that out.”
Schaub replied, saying, “Oh, what? I’m not Tom Segura or Joe Rogan. They would be fine in freaking Iraq. Like it’s not Austin.”
The comments stand out given that Schaub and Callen moved to Austin specifically to follow Joe Rogan and rebuild their comedy careers after leaving Los Angeles. Schaub even acknowledged the comparison directly, pointing out that Rogan’s situation is nothing like his own.
“Joe doesn’t live, he didn’t live in California. He doesn’t live in Austin,” Griffin said. “He’s got, I live on Earth money.” Schaub agreed with it.
Griffin agreed, noting that Rogan could relocate anywhere without consequence.
“If he wanted to right now he could be like, I think I want to live in Montana,” Griffin said. Schaub agreed, saying, “His life does not change.”
Schaub ran through the list of things that would stay the same for Rogan regardless of where he lived. “Still giant house. All my cars there, yep. Kiddos, yep. Dope schools. Security, gated community. Lakes there. Oh, check. Check. Check… [ ]ing elk. Check.”
The dynamic is notable because of how differently Schaub tends to speak about Rogan when he’s not actually with him. On the podcast, Schaub and Griffin also got into a conversation about cars, during which Schaub referenced a friend with a custom Porsche without naming him.
“I got a buddy, we both know him,” Schaub said. “It’s the sickest Porsche I’ve ever seen. It’s one of one handmade all carbon fiber body. And he gets it and he send me pictures and he’s like, ‘Man, I’ll just sit in my garage and so look at this thing. It makes me happy.'”
“Two weeks go by I’m like bro how’s that Porsche. He’s like, bro it’s so stressful… I’m worried about hitting a pothole, somebody bumping into me. He goes, it took the fun out of it. I will never do it again.”
Schaub’s description closely matches a car Rogan has discussed publicly on his own show, in an episode where Schaub himself was a guest.
In a podcast with Rogan, Scahub stated, “You got one of those Porsche. And you took a picture. You’re like, ‘Dude, I’ll just sit in my garage and stare at it.'”
The overlap highlights a pattern that has followed Schaub for years: speaking candidly, and sometimes critically, about people in his circle when they’re not present, only to shift into an entirely different tone when face to face with them.
