Seth Rogen's snide remarks about Donald Trump and RFK Jr at Breakthrough Prize cut from broadcast

While presenting an award, Rogen also appeared to take aim at Elon Musk.

PUBLISHED APR 16, 2025

Rogen's comments were omitted from the 99-minute YouTube upload.

Washington D.C.: Seth Rogen’s sly digs about former President Donald Trump’s impact on US science were cut from the official broadcast of the Breakthrough Prize ceremony, a prestigious science awards show co-founded by tech billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin.

While presenting an award, Rogen appeared to reference Elon Musk — who was absent — saying, “It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science.” He added, “It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320m and RFK Jr, very fast.” These comments were omitted from the 99-minute YouTube upload.

ALSO READ

Pete Hegseth rocked by more scandal as Pentagon purge continues

Arkansas sets stage for healthy SNAP ban that will leave a bitter taste across state

Six Breakthrough Prizes of $3 million each were awarded in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics, and Mathematics. In addition, the foundation announced eight early-career physicists and mathematicians are sharing six $100,000 New Horizons Prizes. Three women mathematicians recently completing PhDs are each receiving a $50,000 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize. This year’s prize money totals $18.75 million, bringing the amount conferred over the 14 years of the Breakthrough Prize to more than $326 million.