Twitter Loses it Over Skywritten Marriage Proposal Mocking Joe Rogan

Los Angeles residents bore witness to a hilariously public marriage proposal this past Saturday, complete with a declaration of love and a jab at podcast host Joe Rogan's height.

According to TheWrap, the sky-written proposal was performed by a company called Sky Typers and cost $17,000. Twitter was delighted by the proposal, and couldn't believe someone spent thousands of dollars to insult Rogan in such an elaborate way.

According to those on Twitter, the proposal read as follows: "Will you marry me, Mollie Pratt?" "She said yes." "I love you more than anything." "Excited to spend my life with you." "Until death do us part."

But that wasn't where the elaborate proposal ended. The person proposing had "one more thing to say": "Joe Rogan is literally 5 foot 3."

someone proposed in the sky it says “will you marry me mollie pratt” “she said yes” “i love you more than anything” “excited to spend my life with you” “until death do us part” then “got one more thing to say” “joe rogan is literally 5 foot 3” ???? congrats mollie i guess??? pic.twitter.com/PAQa4pVILe

— nova (@novaazalea_) June 12, 2021

To make the performance more amusing, the skywriting company misspelled the word "literally" on its first attempt. Photos of the event show the word was first spelled without the "r."

Just witnessed an LA airplane message proposal that ended with “Just one more thing, Joe Rogan is literally 5 foot 3” pic.twitter.com/6iuO8vkbOC

— Danielle Ucci (@heyu_itsDani) June 12, 2021

It is worth noting Joe Rogan is not literally 5'3". According to Wikipedia, the podcast host is actually 5'7"; however, Twitter couldn't stop talking about the jab, and many didn't seem to care that it was inaccurate.

"Joe Rogan when he finds the guy who had a plane sky write Joe Rogan is 5'3"," said one tweeter who added a gif of a child climbing on a step stool to punch someone in the face.

Joe Rogan when he finds the guy who had a plane sky write Joe Rogan is 5’3” pic.twitter.com/0mABtsNzsZ

— JSWilliams1962 (@jswtreeman) June 12, 2021

While many who posted the photos of the message did so in good humor, a lot of commenters felt that mocking the comedian's height was a case of "body shaming."

"Don't really like Rogan but why is it ok to demean a guy's height," commented one user.

"I don't really like Joe Rogan because he says and advocates nasty stuff, but using height as an insult is normalizing body shaming," said another.

I don't really like Joe Rogan because he says and advocates nasty stuff, but using height as an insult is normalizing body shaming.

— Marcus T. Williams (@Maromar15910) June 12, 2021

"Why is body shaming suddenly okay if it's someone Twitter doesn't like," another user asked in the discussion.

People couldn't understand what Rogan's height had to do with a marriage proposal. One Twitter user, however, had their own theory: "After she said yes it devolved into inside jokes."

"This being an inside joke between two people makes a lot more sense," replied another Twitter user.

Rogan recently drew criticism for remarks about coronavirus vaccines, which likely contributed to some thinking comments about his height were not offensive.

"Who cares if he's 5'3?? I'm more pissed about the fact that he uses his enormous platform in an irresponsible way, like spreading covid disinformation," one Twitter user remarked.

Who cares if he's 5'3?? I'm more pissed about the fact that he uses his enormous platform in an irresponsible way, like spreading covid disinformation

— 𝕶𝖆𝖎𝖏𝖆 𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖆 🏳️‍🌈 (@KaijaNonya) June 12, 2021

"It's hilarious to watch fans get outraged over mocking Joe Rogan's height like his podcast hasn't always been a vehicle for intolerance," said another.

It’s hilarious to watch fans get outraged over mocking Joe Rogan’e height like his podcast hasn’t always been a vehicle for intolerance

— Alfie Lambert (@AlfieLix) June 13, 2021

Love him or hate him, this proposal is sure to be a moment in time that Mollie Pratt and the greater L.A. area will never forget.

Skywritten proposal
In an elaborate, public proposal on Saturday, skywriters were told to make a jab at podcast host Joe Rogan's height. Twitter could not stop talking about the comment. @mejibyte/Twitter Screenshot

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