Chris Rock thought cannibals would try to eat him if he didn't hike out of Burning Man, Diplo says

• Diplo said that Chris Rock was really worried about not making it out of Burning Man.
• The music producer told CNN on Monday that Rock was "bizarrely scared of what was going to happen."

Comedian Chris Rock thought he would get eaten by cannibals if he didn't get out of this year's Burning Man festival, said fellow attendee and music producer Diplo.

Diplo told CNN on Monday that Rock was "really bizarrely scared of what was going to happen" if they didn't leave the rain-soaked festival grounds. Diplo joked that Rock was "going to have a huge bit in his next special about Burning Man," given the wild experience they had.

"He thought there was going to be cannibalism a day later and didn't know if people were going to run on our camp and steal our stuff," Diplo told CNN.

Rock and Diplo were among the over 70,000 attendees at Burning Man 2023, which devolved into a sludge fest after torrential downpours inundated the Nevada desert. Stranded festivalgoers were unable to leave Black Rock City, and either had to wait out the rain at their campsite or hike several miles to the main roads.

Diplo chronicled his journey with Rock out of the mud-filled hellscape in an Instagram reel posted on Saturday. The pair trekked through the mud, and were later seen hitching a ride on a fan's truck.

"A fan offered Chris Rock and I a ride out of burning man in the back of a pick up," Diplo's text on his Instagram video read. Diplo and Rock were huddling with a group of people on the bed of the pickup truck.

"After walking 6 miles through the mud… all Chris could think about was a f&cking cold brew," Diplo's text on his video continued.

The annual Burning Man festival has welcomed attendees ranging from celebrities and influencers, to billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Besides Rock and Diplo, Suicide Squad actor Joel Kinnaman and his fiancée, model Kelly Gale, were spotted at this year's festival. On Saturday, Gale posted an Instagram story of the duo trudging through the mud with plastic bags taped over their shoes, captioned "Mud Man 2023."

Representatives for Rock and Diplo did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.