RFK Jr. May Say No to Measles Vaccines, But He Was Once Not Above Doing Lines Off a Toilet

From hosting a worm in his brain, to dumping a bear carcass in Central Park, to (allegedly) hunting for dinosaur bones in the Dakotas with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2012, it seemed almost impossible for RFK Jr.’s past to get any weirder. Almost.

On Thursday, the Secretary of Health and Human Services featured as a guest on Theo Von’s “This Past Weekend” podcast to talk about his past with substance and alcohol abuse, and he began by recounting how the two became friends while going to addiction meetings together during the pandemic.

“They shut those down during COVID,” said RFK. “But we still did live meetings every day during COVID. We moved from the bank. There were about 15 of us who moved from the bank, and we got into the Palisades Playhouse, which now burned down during the fire. It was kind of a pirate group.”

“You know what? I said this when we came in,” he continued. “I don’t care what happens, I’m going to a meeting every day. Yeah. And I said I’m not scared of a germ—you know, I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.”

RFK Jr: I’m not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.

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Jesus. I mean, yes, we’ve long known Kennedy refuses to be afraid of COVID-19, having infamously declared in 2023 that the virus “attacks certain races disproportionately.” (!?) And yes, in May, the HHS Secretary did decide to completely remove from the CDC’s immunization schedule for “healthy children and pregnant women” the COVID-19 vaccine (!!?!). So maybe I shouldn’t be too surprised that he continues to reduce the disease that’s killed at least 1.1 million individuals a “germ” that didn’t scare him … but still, forgive me if my mouth is ajar. 

And putting aside for a moment that RFK—as HHS Secretary—has done no good for health nor human services, cocaine is classified as a Schedule II drug and, per federal law, is a crime to possess. So as of 2020, the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics estimates that as many as 227,655 Americans were arrested each year for the possession of heroin, cocaine, and derivative products. I’ll let that one sit for a second.

During Thursday’s interview, RFK also claimed America is the “sickest” country in the world, repeating a claim he made at a Senate hearing in September to justify mass firings at the CDC. Which, if true, (it’s not) he can take full credit—especially given he’s worked overtime to reintroduce a disease the U.S. once formally eliminated; flipped the food pyramid with insane new dietary rules; and—dare we forget?—vowed to protect fictional babies that grow in women’s placentas. 

It seems to be eons ago now that Trump, in November 2024, promised he’d let RFK “go wild” on public health. But personally, I’m not sure snorting cocaine off a local toilet is the best way to bulk up your immune system—and I’m not sure how much more “wild” stuff I can take.