When President Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services in his second term, critics didn’t just blink — they winced.
An environmental lawyer with no medical degree overseeing national health policy was already a tough sell. But now it’s Kennedy’s own mouth that’s stirring fresh unease.
In a string of candid appearances, he’s been spilling eyebrow-raising details about Trump’s orbit, and some of his recent admissions have left viewers visibly queasy. As the clips spread, so does the question hanging over Washington: how long before someone reaches for the mute button?
“You both need a tighter leash.. The Worst of Men!!” said one social media user, taking a jab at both men. Two others said, “LMFAO,” and “Kennedy acts like a guy with a worm in his brain.”
In a string of recent podcast appearances, Kennedy has been making the rounds with unusually loose, freewheeling conversations — sharing blunt takes and behind-the-scenes details that he may have to answer for back in Washington.
According to the Daily Beast, a shakeup is on the way that will “keep closer tabs on Kennedy and an HHS leadership that has struggled at times to coordinate with its own agencies at the White House, frustrating senior Trump officials and generating days-long controversies.”
RFK Jr: “Trump eats really bad food, which is McDonald’s, and candy and Diet Coke. But he drinks Diet Coke at all times. He has the constitution of a deity. I don’t know how he’s alive.” pic.twitter.com/gfxYImKOrf
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) January 18, 2026
This week on “This Past Weekend w/Theo Von,” the 72-year-old has openly discussed having an addiction to heroin for 14 years, and has also indulged in other substances. After noting that he knew Von from them both being in recovery from addiction, he boasted that despite AA meetings being shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic
Kennedy — a conspiracy theorist who once called the COVID-19 vaccine the “deadliest vaccine ever made” — said he still attended live meetings because he was unafraid of a germ.
“I don’t care what happens,” he said. “I’m going to a meeting every day. And I said I’m not scared of a germ. You know?”
As shocking as the COVID admission was, it was what Kennedy said next that had folks gagging after revealing something he often did while getting high.
“I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats,” RFK Jr. admitted. “And I know this disease will kill me, right? Like, if I don’t, if I don’t treat it, which means going, for me, going to meetings every day. Um, it’s uh, it’s just bad for my life. So for me, it was, it’s, it was survival.”
A clip of the interview was shared on Threads, where social media users quickly responded in the comments.
After the video made the rounds on social media, several people left vomit emojis, and one shocked observer wrote, “Oh my God. I thought this was from a satire site. This is bananas.”
Another replied, “WTAF? snorted cocaine off a toilet seat…not a flex, dude, gross FFS this is MAHA.” Hundreds wondered, “Is this AI? Did he really do that? Say that?”
Stuck on his admission, many echoed the same sentiment, “I mean, who admits that!! Totally repulsive.” Another inquisitive person asked, “Did he just say there was cocaine on the toilet seats because he thought it would sound weird otherwise?
Critics slammed RFK Jr. with jokes and memes, wondering how his family and others handle him, “Do the Kennedys actually claim him? asked one person, while another sarcastically commented, “And he’s in charge of the health department?”
Another piled on, “What a role model. And here I thought taking kids to swim in a creek where it was posted “No Swimming” due to the pollution was crazy. That’s what I get for thinking! Geeze.”
Kennedy admitted he’s been in recovery for 43 years, but he continues to raise eyebrows — with his animated facial expressions and his headline-grabbing behavior. Last summer, he faced backlash after he and his family were photographed wading in Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., despite clear warnings about the polluted water.
The National Park Service bans swimming there, noting in a 2022 advisory that the creek contains “high levels of bacteria and other infectious pathogens” and making contact poses a potential health risk for people and pets.
Still, it’s Kennedy’s recent commentary that’s causing the real tension within Trump’s administration. After publicly criticizing President Trump’s soda-heavy, fast-food diet, including his fondness for McDonald’s. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attempted to clean up, but the damage was done, and now insiders say Kennedy may be inching toward termination.
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