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Kiwi prime minister Jacinda Ardern has been mocked by Joe Rogan after she shut down a press conference when it was hijacked by anti-vaxxers.
The American 'martial arts fanatic' and podcast host took issue with the New Zealand leader pausing a media briefing this week when vaccine sceptics began to shout over her while she spoke.
Rogan slammed 'that lady running New Zealand' then attempted to copy her voice while smoking a large cigar during a recording of his popular show.
'Have you seen that lady running New Zealand?' Rogan began.
'If she even gets asked questions and press conferences she goes "we're going to shut this down" and then she just leaves.'
During the press conference in question, Ms Ardern (pictured) gave the man a chance to stop interrupting before decisively denying him a platform
The unruly press conference he referred to occurred on Tuesday.
Ms Ardern was in the middle of answering questions when American far-right news reporter American Shane Chafin began shouting at her, demanding she answer questions about Israel's vaccination program.
When he accused the Prime Minister of lying, Ms Ardern abruptly stopped the