By Mark Gray
9:00am PDT, May 9, 2024
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who's running for president as an Independent candidate, claimed in a 2012 deposition that a worm ate part of his brain before dying inside his head, the New York Times reported. The stunning claim came during a divorce proceeding, and the politician acknowledged that the situation gave him "cognitive problems." In the same proceeding, RFK Jr. said he suffered from mercury poisoning after eating too much tuna. "I have short-term memory loss, and I have longer-term memory loss that affects me," he said, according to the NYT. Initially doctors supposed thought RFK Jr. had a brain tumor, but they later attributed his mental state to "severe brain fog" after the parasite was discovered.
Called neurocysticercosis, the condition usually occurs from eating uncooked pork.
After the bizarre report, several celebrities reacted with astonishment (and ridicule) on social media.
Click through to see what's being said about RFK Jr.'s situation…
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"And #BobbyKennedy had a dead worm in his brain!!
We're living a fever dream right out of the #NationalEnquirer!!!" —Bette Midler
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"Well, at least the worm recovered. I'm glad for that." —Jon Cryer
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"Its a challenge to not think of a well fed worm in his brain" —Mia Farrow
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"I'm not even sure it's scientifically possible to make a joke about RFK's brain worm that would be funnier than the fact that RFK literally had a brain worm." —Michael Ian Black
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"The fact that a brain worm starved to death on RFK jr's brain is a joke that writes itself. We really are stuck in a South Park episode." —Jeremy London
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"Biden is too old. Trump is too everything. And now RFK has worm brain. Help us all. Those are the candidates." —Colin Cowherd
