Fitness advocate Jillian Michaels is standing by her man.
In this case, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after a contentious first day of his Senate confirmation hearing as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Michaels, who is the host of the Keeping It Real podcast regarding health, fitness and nutrition, told Fox News Digital she doesn’t believe Kennedy has “malicious” or “nefarious intentions.”
“He’s definitely eccentric,” she said. “I mean, the guy’s weird. It’s like, yeah, I came across a dead bear and I thought, I’ll eat it. No. I left it in the car. OK, hold on. Now, what do I do with it? I’ll leave it in the park when someone finds a bear in the park, that’ll be funny. I mean, he’s totally eccentric.”
Michaels was referring to Kennedy in August admitting to dumping a dead bear cub carcass 10 years ago in Central Park.
“Is he malicious? No. Does he have nefarious intentions? Quite the opposite. And, in fact, he has an illustrious career going after big corporations that prioritize profits over people. And I think this will be the first time in a long time, at least in the course of my adult life, we have a person who is running HHS, the Department of Health and Human Services, that actually wants to make America healthy again. And that’s why I want him in this role. I don’t believe that he can be corrupted, and I think that has been the root of America’s healthcare crisis for decades.”
Before Kennedy’s Senate hearing on Wednesday, Michaels said on X why he is a good candidate for the health position.
“It wasn’t long ago that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was widely celebrated as a champion of the people. A relentless fighter who took on corporate giants like Monsanto and the pharmaceutical cartels. His work in environmental law helped expose corporations poisoning our water, air, and food supply and his advocacy against Big Pharma’s unchecked power made him a rare public figure willing to challenge billion-dollar interests that profit from human suffering,” she wrote on her X account.
“Yet today, the very people who once hailed him as a hero now viciously smear him with absurd and outright fabricated lies. The attacks aren’t just dishonest; they’re desperate.”