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We all know Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his conspiracy theories, his roadkill obsession, his unusual voice, and for having a reputation for being an unhinged maniac.
(That last bit is basically how his own family describes him.)
In a recent interview, RFK Jr. declared that he does not “have a gag reflex.” What?
“I’ll eat, you know, even stuff I find on the street,” he continued, as if people hadn’t already concluded as much.
‘I don’t have a gag reflex’
The Trump regime’s head of Health and Human Services sat down with Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy of USA Today for a recent interview.
His goal was to promote his new YouTube cooking series, The Real Food Show. More on that later.
Kennedy ended up distracting from his agenda by some very strange remarks during the interview.
“I will literally eat anything,” he announced. (That is notoriously true.)
“I don’t have a gag reflex,” RFK Jr. continued. “Let me put it like that.”
RFK Jr claims no gag reflex.
RFK Jr discusses his eating habits and willingness to try different foods. RFK Jr’s statement may surprise or intrigue viewers due to its unconventional nature.
If it were up to us, we would not, in fact, let him put it like that.
We don’t think that RFK Jr. means to claim that he’s some sort of throat goat. Nancy Reagan’s trophy is safe.
“I will eat anything,” he repeated. “And I love experimenting with foods.”
Kennedy continued: “I love all different kinds of foods. When I travel, I’ll eat, you know, even stuff I find on the street.”
The notorious roadkill-collector quickly claimed that he was referring to “street vendors.” Then just say that.
‘I’m getting a signal not to answer that question’
Ramaswamy then asked one of the Trump regime’s most notorious figures if there is “stuff that you’ve eaten where people are like, ‘Wow, you ate that?’”
“You mean like something gross?” RFK Jr. began his reply. “Oh, I don’t know.”
Though he seemed to be preparing an answer, he cut himself off.
“I’m getting a signal not to answer that question,” Kennedy announced.
Whatever he was about to say, someone on his team thought that it might sound worse than announcing that he doesn’t have a gag reflex and that he eats “even stuff I find on the street.”
We said that we would address The Real Food Show, and we will.
RFK Jr. gained popularity online because he is a conspiracy theorist, because he has a famous name, but also because he tapped into real anxieties about what corporations have done to foods in order to maximize profits at the expense of consumer health.
He is part of a regime that has slashed regulations on these corporations and also cut funding to cancer and other medical research. There’s currently a very famous parasitic outbreak that has claimed lives. It’s not going so well.
However, Kennedy seems to believe that he can win back some of his fractured coalition by showing people simple recipes to cook in an economy that Trump has repeatedly sabotaged.
Obviously, any celebrity chefs who accept his invitation to join him on the show will need to be avoided thereafter as collaborators. There is no intention good enough to justify working with this man.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Boasts He Doesn’t ‘Have a Gag Reflex’ & Eats … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Unlike some of his siblings, Rowdy Robertson did not appear so much on Duck Dynasty.
It turns out that there was a reason for that.
Rowdy is now an adult, and revealing that he spent is final teenage years captive at a private ranch.
He says that his parents shipped him off for, among other things, being gay.
He was sent away at 16, and only got out when he reached adulthood
In late July, Rowdy — now 23 — took part in the same TikTok challenge that has been part of other headlines.
Posing in a seated position, the caption to his video explains the premise.
“Me preparing for the Netflix documentary on how I got adopted by one of the most well known families in the south,” it reads, “while also being gay.”
Saying that the Robertsons are one of the most famous families in the south arguably buries the lede a little.
The Duck Dynasty clan are notorious conservatives. And the late Phil Robertson was famously homophobic (among other bigotries).
Rowdy Robertson explains why he was sent away to an ominous “boarding school” as a teen instead of remaining with his adoptive ‘Duck Dynasty’ family.
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In a TikTok Live, Rowdy explained that his famous parents, Willie and Korie, sent him away to a dubious boarding school when he was 16.
(The facility is the ominously named Master’s Ranch Christian Academy, and between Rowdy’s statement and online comments, it may actually be worse than it sounds.)
“ … so, I got sent [to MRCA] for one, being a little snot, and two, it was partially because of me being gay, but mainly because I was a little snot.”
Rowdy remained at MRCA until he was 18. He described himself as feeling on edge because people would “constantly yell” at the toxic facility.
“I’ve allowed myself to, like, understand that trauma isn’t my fault and I’ve allowed myself to grow from it,” he reflected.
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Since then, he’s attended (real) therapy and also gotten some closure
Rowdy did partially attribute his apprehension at yelling to being “on the spectrum,” but yelling is a toxic and unacceptable behavior. No one should yell at neurotypical teens, either.
When it comes to being at peace with what he endured, he explained that therapy and closure as an adult have helped him.
“ … therapies helped that and actually being able to sit down with my mom and actually talk to her in a neutral zone and actually tell her about all the stuff that happened allowed me.”
This, Rowdy explained, allowed him “to actually grow from it to actually be able to speak it out.”
He explained that he “faked” confirming at MCRA with the mindset: “They can’t change me being me, so I’m just gonna have to make them think I [changed], so I just had to act.” This is a common survival tactic for people in abusive situations.
Robbie was just a baby when his biological mother went to prison. When he was 10, his dad passed away.
A couple of years later, he was adopted by the Robertsons.
For those unfamiliar, Phil Robertson was so notoriously homophobic that he was suspended from his own show for multiple episodes. He also made other bigoted remarks, expressing racist views.
Rowdy has shared that he has told some of his siblings, but not all of his extended family.
What happened to him is an injustice.
Rowdy Robertson Says ‘Duck Dynasty’ Parents Sent Him Away for Being Gay was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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The front page of Alaska’s 2026 primary election ballot is seen on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, the first day of early voting in person. (James Brooks photo/Alaska Beacon)
Since 1994, the Alaska Republican Party has sent absentee ballot applications to registered voters across the state, urging voters to cast their ballot by mail.
The party continued the process this year, despite denunciations of mail-in voting by President Donald Trump, who has called voting by mail “cheating.”
In a mailer sent to some voters last month, the party included a partially complete absentee ballot request form and a notice urging the recipient to “advance Republicans to the general election ballot.”
Through July 31, the Alaska Division of Elections reported that 9,981 Alaskans had requested absentee ballots for the Aug. 18 statewide primary.
Of the requests, 28.5% had come from Republicans. Among the state’s 602,131 registered voters, 23.6% are Republicans.
That indicates Republicans are seeking absentee ballots at a disproportionately higher rate than registered voters overall.
The same disproportionate pattern is true with Democrats, who generally support mail-in voting. The Alaska Democratic Party also sent out an absentee ballot request form to voters statewide.
Of absentee requests received through July 31, 19.7% were from registered Democrats. Members of that party make up 11.6% of the state’s registered voters.
The trend across Republicans and Democrats is likely due to the fact that registering with a party means that person is at least somewhat engaged with politics and thus more likely to vote overall.
Undeclared voters — those who haven’t chosen a party affiliation — represent 49.5% of the state’s registered voters, but only 32.1% of absentee ballot requesters.
Nonpartisan voters — Alaskans who specifically chose to be separate from any political party — make up 13.6% of voters and 18.8% of all absentee ballot requesters.
Voters from the state’s minor political groups make up the remaining balance of requesters.
The deadline for an Alaskan to request a paper absentee ballot be mailed to them is Aug. 8. The deadline for requesting a blank absentee ballot be sent by email is Aug. 17.
All absentee ballots must be postmarked — or faxed — no later than election day, Aug. 18.
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Kelly Osbourne is not mincing words for her ex Sid Wilson.
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