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BumRushDaShow

(172,608 posts)
Tue May 26, 2026, 08:11 PM 1 hr ago

RFK Jr. Repeatedly Bitten After Picking Up 2 Wild Snakes While Cheryl Hines Pleads With Him to Put Them Down

Source: MEDIAite

May 26th, 2026, 11:45 am


Add another bizarre chapter to the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. The Animal Kingdom book. The Health and Human Services secretary showed he is also a full-blown snake handler on Tuesday when he posted a video of himself wrangling two black racers from the patio at Dr. Mehmet Oz’s house — as his wife Cheryl Hines anxiously watched.

“You are nuts!” Hines told RFK Jr.

He just smiled and proudly showed off his catches for the camera; it took him 8 seconds to grab both snakes, which were cornered on a patio. The snakes then got restless and started jumping around as he dangled them, and one of the snakes bit him on the finger.

“Honey, honey, let it go,” the “Curb Your Enthusiasm”star pleaded, right as the snake took a bite. “Oh my God!… Bobby, Bobby, please!”. RFK Jr. looked at his finger but didn’t appear to be fazed by it.

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Cheryl cheerleads the removal of a pair of Black Racers from Dr Oz's patio.
9:59 AM · May 26, 2026


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RFK Jr. Repeatedly Bitten After Picking Up 2 Wild Snakes While Cheryl Hines Pleads With Him to Put Them Down (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 1 hr ago OP
How are the snakes? Marcuse 1 hr ago #1
Poor things. efhmc 1 hr ago #7
I don't think there's an anti-venom that could save the snakes Jerry2144 1 hr ago #8
Bring on dweller 1 hr ago #2
Hell, release the Kraken! BaronChocula 37 min ago #16
Maybe it gets infected. The Madcap 1 hr ago #3
Lightning fast! lol BootinUp 1 hr ago #4
Isn't he supposed to be at a Cabinet meeting, kissing Trump's ginormous ass? . . . Journeyman 1 hr ago #5
Even usually timms139 1 hr ago #6
Schmuck thinks he's Steve Irwin SpankMe 1 hr ago #9
What an ass. enough 1 hr ago #10
If they bit him in the throat. Captain Zero 1 hr ago #12
He's welcome to come down here and try that with a couple of our local water mocassins (cottonmouths). eppur_se_muova 1 hr ago #11
Breaking News: The snakes have been infected with brain worms. Film at 11. Marcuse 1 hr ago #13
Hoping the snakes' fangs are extra germy LearnedHand 46 min ago #14
His brain is broken and half eaten away nt Javaman 45 min ago #15
Bit him? That poor snake. Grins 17 min ago #17

SpankMe

(3,765 posts)
9. Schmuck thinks he's Steve Irwin
Tue May 26, 2026, 08:29 PM
1 hr ago

Wouldn't it just suck if a poisonous snake mismarked as something harmless showed up in his bathroom? I'd love to see a King Cobra shaped like a kitten lay in to the man's sack.

eppur_se_muova

(42,581 posts)
11. He's welcome to come down here and try that with a couple of our local water mocassins (cottonmouths).
Tue May 26, 2026, 08:38 PM
1 hr ago

Or -- what the heck -- copperheads.

Marcuse

(9,095 posts)
13. Breaking News: The snakes have been infected with brain worms. Film at 11.
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:08 PM
1 hr ago

The veterinarians have started. GoFundMe page for the cost of treatment.

LearnedHand

(5,627 posts)
14. Hoping the snakes' fangs are extra germy
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:23 PM
46 min ago

Given he doesn’t wash his hands this might introduce some nasty stuff.

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