America’s most popular podcaster Joe Rogan is enjoying a luxurious family holiday in the Mediterranean sea, hopping a $600,000-a-week mega-yacht with his rarely-glimpsed wife and daughters.
The multi-millionaire new media mogul is seen in exclusive pictures obtained by Daily Mail on board the OKTO, a 218-foot vessel, off the coast of Venice on Saturday.
Munching on a snack, Rogan, 57, surveyed the scenery from the rear of the bridge deck before reclining on leather seats alongside his wife Jessica Ditzel, 49.
Forever a fighting fan, he squeezed into a white T-shirt commemorating the legendary October 30, 1974 Rumble in the Jungle fight between Muhammed Ali and George Foreman.
Ditzel wearing a dark tan bikini top and matching skirt descended the stairs from the sun deck after a sunbathing session.
The couple met in 2001 when Ditzel was a cocktail waitress at a bar in Los Angeles and they married in 2009.
They were joined on the yacht by their biological daughters Lola, 17, and Rosy, 14. Rogan also adopted Ditzel’s daughter from a previous relationship, Kayja Rose, 28. Kayja Rose was not seen with the family.
Joe Rogan is enjoying a luxurious family holiday on a $600,000-a-week mega-yacht in the Mediterranean with his wife and daughters
Rogan was joined on board by his wife Jessica Ditzel, 49, (right) and daughter Lola, 17, (left)
Rogan’s younger daughter Rosy, 14, (right) was also on the trip (pictured with Ditzel on deck)
The massive 2014-vintage yacht (and its’ 16-member crew) costs between $561,000 to $642,000 a week to charter.
The opulent OKTO boasts a huge infinity pool on the main deck, a jacuzzi, cinema, gym, helipad and five staterooms for 10 guests.
Indeed, Rogan is known to keep his personal life private – and is entire family is seldom seen together. He and his wife were last photographed together at a gala to celebrate Donald Trump’s second inauguration on January 20 with Rogan even wearing a tuxedo.
Though, while Rogan continues to be sharply critical of Democrats and liberals in general, but has also broken with Trump on several issues in recent weeks.
Rogan defended critics of Trump’s decison to bomb Iran’s nuclear enrichmment facilities in June, saying the foreign intervention went against Trump’s campaign trail pledge to keep the United States out of new wars.
And, as far back as April, Rogan has expressed unease with the ferocity of Trump mass deportation immigration policy.
The self-declared liberal podcaster also reportedly dined privately with Trump and Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White on June 30 – just three days before Rogan criticized recent ICE raids on his show.
Ditzel, wearing a dark tan bikini top and matching skirt, descended the stairs from the sun deck, which has its own Jacuzzi, after a sunbathing session
Munching on a snack, Rogan, 57, surveyed the historic scenery from the rear of the bridge deck
Forever a fighting fan, he squeezed into a white T-shirt commemorating the legendary Rumble in the Jungle boxing match in 1974 between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman
‘There’s two things that are insane. One is the targeting of migrant workers. Not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers,’ Rogan said last week. ‘Just construction workers. Showing up in construction sites, raiding them. Gardeners. Like, really?’
Rogan has also been unhappy with university students being detained for expressing pro-Palestinian views and participating in campus protests.
‘That’s enough to get you kicked out of the country?’ he remarked to one guest.
Rogan’s most recent criticism focused on the Trump’s administration failure to release the so-called ‘client list’ of convicted pedophile and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who reportedly killed himself in a Manhattan detention center in 2019.
He went so far as to accuse the Trump admministration of a ‘cover-up’ after the FBI and Department of Justice released a report concluding the Epstein was not blackmailing influential people, did not keep a list of associates and, indeed, killed himself in prison.
Rogan leans over to talk to his family as they recline on white leather seats on the bridge deck
The OKTO is massive 2014-vintage 66.4m (218ft) yacht that costs $561,000 to $642,000 a week to charter, including a crew of 16
OKTO also boasts a huge infinity pool on the main deck, a gym, helipad, and five staterooms for 10 guests plus the main cabin
It appears Rogan may not be returning from vacation in time to take his regular spot on the commentary team for UFC 318 at the New Orleans Arena on Saturday, July 19.
Rogan has for years skipped UFC events hosted overseas – even in Canada – but he hasn’t missed one in the US since a scheduling conflict kept him away from UFC 271 in Houston in February 2022.
There has been speculation in recent days that Rogan could be stepping back from the UFC, perhaps, due to his out criticism of Trump, who was also endorsed by UFC CEO Dana White.
However, there appears to be a better explanation. Rogan’s wife Ditzel will celebrate her 50th birthday on Friday, July 18, just a day before the event.
