A resurfaced podcast clip featuring Seth Rogen has sparked renewed online debate after his candid remarks about Israel began circulating widely again on social media. The comments originally came from a 2020 appearance on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast but recently went viral after a short clip gained millions of views on X.
During the conversation, Rogen reflected on his Jewish upbringing and how Israel was portrayed to him during his early education. The actor and comedian said that as he grew older, he began questioning some of the narratives he had learned as a child while attending Jewish schools and youth programs.
“As a Jewish person, I was fed a huge amount of lies about Israel my entire life,” Rogen said in the interview, explaining that he believed the region’s history had been presented to him in an incomplete way during his childhood. The remark quickly became the focal point of the viral clip circulating online.
Rogen also made a blunt personal statement that continues to draw attention. During the podcast discussion, he said he would “never live in Israel,” adding that the idea did not make sense to him personally. The comment has been widely shared in recent days as the older interview resurfaced.
Born in Vancouver, Canada, in 1982, Rogen grew up in an Ashkenazi Jewish family with roots in Eastern Europe. His parents reportedly met on Kibbutz Beit Alfa in Israel in the 1970s, and Rogen has often spoken about how Jewish culture played an important role in his upbringing. He attended Vancouver Talmud Torah, celebrated his bar mitzvah, and spent summers at Camp Miriam, which is associated with the Labor Zionist youth movement.
After the podcast aired in 2020, Rogen faced criticism from some Jewish organizations and commentators who argued that his remarks oversimplified a complex historical and political issue. The actor later clarified that he supports Israel’s right to exist and said his comments were meant to criticize what he viewed as incomplete historical narratives presented during his childhood education.
Since then, Rogen has largely avoided discussing the topic publicly. In recent years he has focused on film and television projects, along with philanthropic efforts. He and his wife, Lauren Miller Rogen, co-founded the nonprofit Hilarity for Charity, which supports Alzheimer’s research and caregivers.
The renewed attention around the clip illustrates how quickly older celebrity interviews can resurface during moments of geopolitical tension. While Rogen has not commented on the viral clip’s latest spread, his remarks have once again become part of a wider online discussion about history, identity, and the politics surrounding Israel.
