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Rob Schneider's Children's Hospital Claim Sparks Outrage

10/25/2025

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Rob Schneider faced backlash for claiming there were no children's hospitals during his childhood.
The claim contradicts history, which shows the first children's hospital opened in Philadelphia in 1855 and many more by the late 1800s.
Critics said the claim was inaccurate and noted higher infant mortality when Schneider was a child.
Schneider has backed U.S. President Donald Trump and anti-vaccine views and has claimed to be blacklisted in Hollywood.

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Rob Schneider faced backlash for claiming there were no children's hospitals during his childhood.
The claim contradicts history, which shows the first children's hospital opened in Philadelphia in 1855 and many more by the late 1800s.
Critics said the claim was inaccurate and noted higher infant mortality when Schneider was a child.
Schneider has backed U.S. President Donald Trump and anti-vaccine views and has claimed to be blacklisted in Hollywood.