Saturday, February 14 2026 - Robert F Kennedy Jr has said he is "not scared of a germ" because he "used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats".
The US health secretary, often called RFK Jr, made the
confession to podcaster Theo Von during an episode of his show, This Past
Weekend.
It came as the pair discussed their shared history of drug
abuse, and attending support meetings together before they got cancelled during
COVID. They later formed a "pirate" group that continued meeting
during the pandemic.
Mr Kennedy reflected on his decades in recovery from alcohol
and substance abuse.
He said: "I'm not scared of a germ... I used to snort
cocaine off of toilet seats."
"I know this disease will k!ll me," he continued,
referring to addiction.
"Like, if I don't, if I don't treat it, which means for
me going to meetings every day. It's just bad for my life."
Protect Our Care, a non-profit fighting for affordable
healthcare in the US, called for Mr Kennedy to step down after the
interview.
In a statement, it said he was "the most dangerous, in
over his head, ill-suited person ever to lead such an important federal agency
that has life-and-death power".
Brad Woodhouse, the organization’s president, offered a
one-word response: "Resign."
The confession, from the man heading up the government's
health policy, got more pushback on social media.
Malcolm Kenyatta, a Democratic representative from
Pennsylvania, posted on X: "For some reason I don't trust this guy on
public health."
While Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow at the
American Immigration Council, highlighted a double standard on attitudes
towards addiction.
He wrote: "Just a reminder that the Trump admin calls
immigrants who've fallen into drug addiction 'the worst of the worst'
criminals, no matter how long ago their addiction problems."
Mr Kennedy has been open about his past drug addiction,
which began after his father, also called Robert F Kennedy, was ass@ssinated in
June 1968 in Los Angeles, California.
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