Two years ago, episode #1805 of The Joe Rogan Experience welcomed heavyweight boxing legend Mike Tyson. At one point during the sitdown, the conversation addressed a potentially dangerous job once pitched to Tyson by UFC CEO Dana White.
The aforementioned pitch was designed to dissuade Tyson from returning to boxing and revolved around Tyson taking part in a dangerous interaction with sharks. Specifically, Tyson had to stroke different sharks under the chin to lull them into sleep on Discovery Channel's 'Shark Week' show.
"I love Dana. Dana White's my man, I cannot say nothing bad about him. So, he said, 'Mike, I don't want you to fight. I'm gonna get you a job, gonna make you some money.' He gets me the damn Shark Week job. He gets me the job where I gotta put the shark to sleep now. He doesn't want me to fight and get knocked out or beat up but he wants me to go in there and put a shark to sleep."
To Tyson's horror, he revealed that White's proposal was approved by his wife of 15 years, Lakiha Spicer.
"You wanna hear this? My wife thought it was a good idea too. I said, 'You motherfu*kers don't care about me. They don't give a fu*k about me.' Man, my wife said, 'that's a good idea.'"
Check out Mike Tyson telling Joe Rogan about his 'Shark Week' job (1:00:15 and 1:02:30):
Despite Tyson's astonishment over the job, he and Rogan shared a laugh over it, with the UFC commentator cracking jokes with the heavyweight boxing great.
Joe Rogan once worked on a similarly fearful TV show
Having to interact with sharks describes the nightmare of many. However, Joe Rogan previously served as the host of 'Fear Factor' for seven straight seasons. It was a game show that pitted groups of men and women against each other in dares designed to play on a variety of fears.
It ranks among Rogan's most visible occupations, with the comedian spending 11 years with the showrunners before parting ways with show business as a whole and committing himself more to his UFC commentary role and podcast.
