Joe Rogan Experience #1871 - Jon Peters

Jon Peters sits for what he calls his first real on-camera interview, telling Joe Rogan the story of going from a juvie kid and Barbra Streisand's hairdresser to a Hollywood producer of over a hundred films. He recounts working with Elvis, Michael Jackson, Michael Keaton, Brad Pitt and others, and his decades-long obsession with making movies. A huge martial arts fan, Peters describes training with Carlson Gracie and Chuck Norris, bringing Vitor Belfort to the US, and pitching Dana White on UFC projects. He opens up about trauma, addiction, near-suicides, and finding spirituality and love late in life.

• Peters watched his father die in front of him as a child and saw his best friend shot trying to climb a fence in juvie.
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• He says he almost slept with partner Peter Guber's wife, which ended their 15-year partnership and wrecked him for a decade.
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• At 77 he was hospitalized twice this year for what he calls 'accidental suicides' from self-medicating during a breakup.
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• He still carries a .22 bullet lodged in the fatty part of his chest from a gang shooting, never removed.
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• As a teen he shot five people in a gang fight in San Fernando, which landed him in juvie.
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• He fought a naked intruder who came to kidnap Leslie Ann Warren, leaving the man with 160 stitches.
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• He spent $60,000 producing a UFC women fighters special before Dana White had to cancel it for outside-producer rules.
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• Peters says he produced over a hundred movies, later estimating 80 to 90 hits.
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• As a kid he was cast out of a thousand people to ride a bison in The Ten Commandments.
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• He wanted Elvis for A Star Is Born and flew to Vegas, where Elvis was about 100 pounds overweight.
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• He says he runs roughly 30 companies and credits delegation, echoing Elon Musk's philosophy.
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• He trained with Carlson Gracie for three years and helped bring Vitor Belfort to the US.
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• He pitched Dana White that the UFC was 'bigger than the Power Rangers.'
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• He trained martial arts with Chuck Norris for four years with his son.
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• Mike Tyson trained with Rafael Cordero of King's MMA ahead of the Roy Jones Jr. exhibition.
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• Peters identifies as a PTSD 'soldier' and is curious about microdosing psilocybin to manage anxiety.
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