Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has boasted of being fearless in the face of germ risks
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he is not afraid of germs, recalling that he used to snort cocaine off toilet seats. He added that he continued attending addiction recovery meetings during the Covid-19 pandemic despite quarantine restrictions.
Kennedy Jr. is widely known for his anti-vaccine stance and for challenging mainstream medical and scientific consensus.
“I mean for me, I said this when I came in, ‘I don’t care what happens, I’m going to a meeting every day’,” Kennedy said while speaking about his recovery on Theo Von’s podcast This Past Weekend, which aired on Thursday. “I’m not scared of a germ, you know. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats. I know this disease will kill me if I don’t treat it, which means going to meetings everyday, it’s just bad for my life. For me, it was survival.”
Kennedy Jr., the nephew of former US President John F. Kennedy, has previously said he began using drugs in the months after his father, Robert F. Kennedy Sr., was assassinated during the 1968 presidential campaign.
In 1983, he was arrested at Rapid City airport, in Iowa, for possession of 0.2 grams of heroin that had been found in his carry-on luggage. After pleading guilty, Kennedy Jr was sentenced to two years’ probation, ordered to attend Narcotics Anonymous, and required to complete 1,500 hours of community service.
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