They’ve all been at the centre of controversies themselves. Having not aligned with the Left on many occasions, prominent right-wing personalities Joe Rogan, Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson haven’t always boxed themselves themselves and single-mindedly fixated on one particular side. But, when finding about Charlie Kirk’s death, they all had something to highlight during their own podcasts.

American podcaster Joe Rogan found out about the conservative activist’s death as he was interacting with actor Charlie Sheen on an episode of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience.’ Meanwhile, Kelly and Carlson shared the screen for the latest episode of her series ‘The Megyn Kelly Show,’ as seen on YouTube, as they dug up the contentious topic of discussion.

Joe Rogan left speechless as he hears of Charlie Kirk’s death mid-show

The right-wing media personality was visibly stunned as he learned of the shocking news during the Wednesday taping of his latest podcast episode No 2378, which aired on Thursday (US time). After the show producer told Rogan about what had happened, the podcaster was evidently shaken as he tried his best to make sense of the revelation.

Clutching onto his head with both his hands, he said, “So, this just happened. We just found out that Charlie Kirk got shot.” Meanwhile a shocked Sheen, though not as visibly disturbed as his host, looked on towards Rogan, saying, “F**king awful.”

Rogan instantly popped the big question: “Is he dead?” However, at the time, due to the instant chaos and emerging confusion, his producer was unsure about the fatal aftermath. Seconds later, he claimed that someone present at the scene said he had, in fact, been killed in the attack. Official confirmation was still awaited at the time they were filming.

Taking a moment to himself, Rogan noticeably struggles to accept the fact that Kirk had been shot. Looking up to the ceiling, he simply says, “Woah,” as he appears to be collecting his thoughts.

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The Two and a Half Men actor immediately wondered if Kirk had been “murdered for having a different opinion than somebody else? Different ideology from somebody else.” Dragging out his response without actually looking at Charlie, The Joe Rogan Experience star said, “Yeah.” He eventually managed to add, “I mean, I don’t know,” while Sheen continued, ” Beliefs that didn’t align.”

Rogan’s producer assured him that he was trying to track the developments related to the case. Meanwhile, he simply sat there, seeming out of sorts and not uttering a word. He continued exhaling sharply through it all, while constantly shifting his gaze to the top, presumably thinking back on everything.

“Nobody deserves that. He doesn’t deserve that,” the actor in his 60s went on.

Finally coming back to the present moment, Rogan asked his producer if he had mentioned something about MSNBC presenting a “crazy take on” the case. Joe was eager to find out what the liberal media outlet had to say about. As we now know, the network fired its political analyst Matthew Dowd over his comments about Kirk shortly after the shooting in Utah made headlines, but Charlie’s death was yet to be officially confirmed.

Rogan’s attention completely drifted off to finding out MSNBC’s “hot take” on Kirk instead of continuing his conversation with Charlie Sheen.

Joe Rogan praises Charlie Kirk despite not always agreeing with the activist

As Rogan gathered in the moment that Kirk has been fatally shot, he ultimately proclaimed, “It’s a f**ked up time. People are so divided in this country.” Although the show’s host did not interview the fellow Trump ally on JR, he recounted the time he met him at a gun range.

He went on to praise Kirk, who was 31 years old at the time of his death, saying, “He’s not a violent guy, he’s talking to people on college campuses.” Rogan remarked that the Turning Point USA founder wasn’t “even particularly rude,” and “tried to be pretty reasonable with people.”

He even said that regardless of whether one agreed with him or not, Kirk was an “intelligent guy.” Rogan confessed “there’s a lot of stuff that I didn’t agree with him on.” At one point in the show, Joe eventually noticed many people were celebrating the tragedy.

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“It’s so dangerous to celebrate or in any way encourage this kind of behavior from human beings,” he added. “You’re allowed to disagree with people without celebrating the fact they got shot.”

Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson reflect on Charlie Kirk assassination: ‘Do you worry?’

On the other side of the podcast world, firebrand Megyn Kelly also brought up the issue with former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson during the latest episode of her self-titled podcast.

Considering neither of them fully aligns with the Left, Kelly asked Carlson, “Do you worry, Tucker?” alluding to the same concerns about Kirk being killed for having an infamously “different” ideology than others.

Acknowledging Carlson’s prominent stand in media, she said, “There’s not another more prominent news person than you And there’s not one that’s been attacked with the same terms they used against Charlie — that have been used against me too — than you.”

She further highlighted that while authorities would ultimately catch the suspect still at large, he was “not the only deranged person out there, or agenda driven.”

Tucker truthfully admitted that while he didn’t feel like answering the question, he had witnessed certain instances of the sort on a personal level himself. Although he asserted that he wasn’t going to open up about them, he had “cause” to think about such a question on his end “a lot.”

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Leaving it all up to “God,” he said that he had quite a big family, thereby giving way to concerns that “extend far beyond” himself. Calling it a “subject of prayer every single day,” he still recognised that one just couldn’t choose the time to go. Given the inevitability of everything, he ultimately admitted, “I’m not actually worried” despite having what he labelled as “close calls.”

Feeling sad for Kirk’s family, he noted that there was just no way out of it as he talked “for a living.” Giving in, he blurted, “I have nothing wise or edifying to say… You stare in the face of a 31-year-old man assassinated, obviously to send a message to the rest of us… What do you. I have nothing to say.”