Rogan hit Maron where it hurts, suggesting his cats are the reason the podcaster called him out for “humanizing fascism.”

Joe Rogan hit back at Marc Maron’s unfiltered critiques of him and his podcast, suggesting the comedian’s cats are making him “irrational” and “weird.” “Have you ever known people that have outdoor cats, and they’re very irrational—Marc Maron,” Rogan said on his podcast after Maron, along with comedian Tim Heidecker, called out The Joe Rogan Experience. “Those people probably have toxo, which is why they’re behaving weird,” he continued, suggesting that Maron, a longtime cat enthusiast, may have caught the cat-carrying parasite that causes toxoplasmosis. Rogan’s attempt to hit back at Maron pales in comparison to what Maron has accused him and his “anti-woke” friends of—namely, “humanizing fascism” and ushering in “the amazing lack of diversity and diminishment of human rights and collective fear you have supported” by using their platforms to support Donald Trump.