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Jimmy Kimmel mocks Health Secretary RFK Jr.’s snake incident

6/18/2026

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Jimmy Kimmel mocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after Kerry Kennedy recounted a snake incident.
Jimmy Kimmel aired the clip, joked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. feared fluoridation, called it nutty, and noted that secretary had grabbed a snake while holding his son and put it in a pillowcase.
Jimmy Kimmel replied on Instagram, corrected the “nadir” misspelling, and told Kerry Kennedy to “get back to spreading polio.”

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Jimmy Kimmel mocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after Kerry Kennedy recounted a snake incident.
Jimmy Kimmel aired the clip, joked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. feared fluoridation, called it nutty, and noted that secretary had grabbed a snake while holding his son and put it in a pillowcase.
Jimmy Kimmel replied on Instagram, corrected the “nadir” misspelling, and told Kerry Kennedy to “get back to spreading polio.”