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Jenny McCarthy will always be loyal to longtime friendRobert F. Kennedy Jr. — and claims there are many other people out there like her.
During the December 11 episode of the Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark podcast, the Masked Singer judge, 53, was asked by host Alex Clark about the “discourse” surrounding the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ stance on autism.
“I have been marching with Bobby since Evan was 2 years old,” said McCarthy, referencing her son she shares with ex-husband John Asher. Evan, now 23, was diagnosed with autism when he was about 2 ½ years old.
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McCarthy, who publicly supported RFK Jr.’s 2024 presidential campaign before he dropped out of the race, said that she is behind the 71-year-old’s work.
Kennedy previously said he hopes to find out “what has caused the autism epidemic” and to “eliminate those exposures.” However, he has come under fire for repeatedly making unfounded claims about Autism Spectrum Disorder, often linking ASD to vaccines.
During the podcast episode, McCarthy also spoke about RFK Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement.
“What sentiments do you hear from Hollywood about MAHA? Are they secretly very supportive of the MAHA movement?” host Clark asked, to which McCarthy replied: “Secretly very supportive.”
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The View alum claimed that celebrities “have called me and said, ‘I don’t want to come out. I don’t want people to know I have a child on the spectrum. I don’t want people to know my f**king schedule. Can you help me?’”
Considering the backlash McCarthy has seen for her controversial views, particularly her thoughts on vaccines, “I honor that,” she said. “Because they saw what happened to me.”
“Who in their right mind, after everything that I’ve kind of [been through], would be like, ‘You know, I want to be that next person that gets bullied for so many years,’” McCarthy said. “There’s more conservatives than you’d know hiding out in Hollywood.”