Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s revelation Thursday that he wasn't afraid of COVID-19 since he "used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats" prompted a wave of responses online.
Kennedy recalled during an interview that he had met podcaster Theo Von at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on Los Angeles' Westside.
"And, you know, I mean, for me, I, you know what, I said this when we came in, and I said, I don't care what happens, I'm going to a meeting every day," he added. "And I said, I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."
"And I know this disease will kill me," he said.
Users on social media had plenty to say about Kennedy's remarks.
"Today, RFK Jr truly became President," ARTNews staff reporter Brian Boucher wrote on X.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the US HHS Secretary," author Dr. Brian Goldman wrote on X.
"The man in charge of US health policy," Dr. Neil Stone, an infectious disease doctor, wrote on X.
"The winner of this century's 'Friend of Measles' award has more good advice to share," Andrew Bates, former Biden White House senior deputy press secretary, wrote on X.
"I will never forgive y’all for this," author and professor Tonya M. Evans wrote on X.



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