During an interview on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime,” host Jesse Watters asked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. if he’ll “leave the raccoons alone” after a widely circulated, unconfirmed account that Kennedy once cut off the peni
By the time Jesse Watters asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. if he’ll “leave the raccoons alone,” the conversation had already veered into something many viewers probably didn’t expect to hear from the Health and Human Services secretary.
Kennedy was on “Jesse Watters Primetime” Monday to talk about President Donald Trump’s executive order to promote advances in regenerative farming and to bring back the Presidential Fitness Test. But Watters ended the chat with a joke that landed like a hard left turn: would Kennedy leave the raccoons alone?.
The question pointed to an alleged 2001 episode tied to roadkill—one that has echoed through headlines without ever being resolved with a clear confirmation from Kennedy himself. In the biography “RFK Jr.: The Fall and Rise. ” Kennedy is said to have severed the penis from a dead raccoon he found by the side of the road. with plans to further study the animal’s genitals. The book cites a diary entry in which Kennedy wrote: “I was standing in front of my parked car on I-684 cutting the penis out of a road killed raccoon. thinking about how weird some of my family members have turned out to be.” The entry also describes how his “kids waited patiently in the car.”.
Author Isabel Vincent, whose April remarks were included in coverage of the book, offered a different lens on the story. She told The Independent that Kennedy “wanted to be a veterinarian as a kid. ” and that his after-school job was at the National Zoo in Washington. D.C. Vincent said his interest in animals and. she added. “a freezer full of roadkill. ” where he studies it. help explain the eyebrow-raising claim.
Even with the attention the biography has drawn, Kennedy has not confirmed or denied the raccoon story. In April. TMZ asked Kennedy directly what he did with the raccoon’s penis and where the alleged specimen ended up. Kennedy did not answer the way reporters typically seek—he “simply chuckled and kept walking.” For the moment. the details remain what they have been all along: an allegation that has sparked curiosity and discomfort. but no definitive closing of the record.
On Monday, Kennedy addressed Watters’ raccoon question with a line meant to reassure. In the Fox appearance, he told Watters that all raccoons were safe “for the moment.”
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Why are we even talking about raccoons. Like… can he do his job or nah?
I swear half the internet was like “so he’s a raccoon guy” and now it’s just weird laughter on Fox. If it’s true, why is nobody asking about the freezer part.
Wait so the claim is he cut the penis off a dead raccoon and then studied it?? That sounds like a made up urban legend book thing. Also the article says he “chuckled and kept walking” like that proves anything. Honestly I think it’s all political distraction.
“Leave the raccoons alone” is crazy phrasing for a cabinet secretary lol. But didn’t Trump already say he’s doing regenerative farming or whatever, so why end it on… roadkill anatomy?? I’m just confused like is the freezer full of roadkill a zoo job thing or is this just TMZ spinning it.