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If you’re like me, you have a veritable burn book on Chris Pratt. Now, I can add a new chapter (right after “How Did You Bungle The Electric State?!”) as the actor has come out in defense of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his role as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. Do these kinds of dudes have, like, a Bat-Signal for one another every single time they say or do something irresponsible/dumb?
During an appearance on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast (as transcribed by The Hollywood Reporter), the worst Mario in cinematic history defended some key policies of the controversial HHS secretary. Pratt noted that several integral components of RFK’s purview “seem to be supported in a bipartisan way — like getting terrible toxic stuff out of our kids food.”
Pratt added, “I’d hate to be so mired in hatred for the president that any success from his administration is something I’d be having an allergic reaction to. To be like, ‘Oh, well, if they do it, I don’t want it to happen. I’ll put Clorox in my children’s cereal myself!’ Be reasonable here. There’s certain things that would be a good thing to have. I want them all to be successful.” I absolutely would poison my own town’s water supply just to own the MAGA crowd.
And, yes, part of the RFK-led Make America Healthy Again campaign does seek to mitigate environmental toxins in the food supply as well as roll back consumption of over-processed foods. But as FactCheck.org pointed out, RFK has a rather shoddy record when it comes to verifiable claims about processed foods. For instance, how the FDA noted that the “totality of scientific evidence indicates that most children have no adverse effects when consuming foods containing color additives, but some evidence suggests that certain children may be sensitive to them.” Now if kids were to, say, be exposed to a bear carcass left haphazardly in a public park, that might prove more detrimental to their personal health.
It’s worth noting that Pratt’s defense isn’t based solely on policies and political affiliations — just the familial kind. Yes, because his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger is a cousin, Pratt is related to RFK via marriage. As such, Pratt’s assurance of RFK’s overall effectiveness as the HHS secretary seemingly involves him being, like, a real cool dude to hang out with at family gatherings. Or, someone who has a great recipe for cooking with beef tallow.
“I’ve spent a number of occasions hanging with him [in a] strictly family dinner kind of vibe,” Pratt said. “I really got along with him well and think he’s great. He’s funny, he’s wonderful. I love him … [But] when you jump on the bandwagon with the most divisive president ever, it makes sense that you’re going to be made to look terrible.”
It couldn’t be that terrible policies might reflect a morally wrought soul, could it? Not that Pratt would do anything resembling homework despite his access to America’s most overly-jacked, misinformed secretary ever.
“So I don’t know what to believe [about his reported policies],” Pratt said. “It’s not like I say to Bobby, ‘Let’s talk about this’ while we’re playing cards or having fun or having dinner. I’m not going to pick his brain to find out exactly which of those things are true. I just assume that none of them are? For the most part, I wish him well.”
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