RFK Jr. Posts 49-Second Video Handling 2 Black Racer Snakes on Dr. Oz's Patio
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Updated · The Washington Post · May 26
RFK Jr. Posts 49-Second Video Handling 2 Black Racer Snakes on Dr. Oz's Patio
14 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · May 26
A 49-second clip posted Tuesday to RFK Jr.'s personal X account shows the 72-year-old HHS secretary grabbing two nonvenomous black racer snakes by hand on a patio at Mehmet Oz's house.
The video frames the stunt as the second entry in his "Manly Activities With RFK Jr." series, after a February post showing him drinking milk in a hot tub with Kid Rock and riding a Peloton in jeans.
Cheryl Hines, filming off camera, repeatedly urges him to let the snakes go as they bite at his hands; Kennedy first calls them moccasins before correcting himself to black racers.
The post adds to a growing string of animal-related RFK Jr. episodes, including a recent photo of him holding a bird at Dulles and past stories involving a whale carcass, a bear and a raccoon.
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