Hollywood mega-actor Chris Pratt said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is “wonderful” and supports the Trump-appointed Health and Human Services secretary on his quest to “Make America Healthy Again.”
The “Jurassic World” star, who’s married to Katherine Schwarzenegger, daughter of Maria Shriver and a member of the Kennedy family, appeared on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast on Monday and talked about his time spent with RFK Jr.
“I’ve spent a number of occasions hanging with him, just in a strictly, you know, family dinner kind of vibe and I really got along well with him,” Pratt said. “I think he’s great. I think he’s funny. He’s wonderful. I like him. I love him.”
Pratt clarified that his interactions with the health and human services secretary are family-oriented and not focused on politics.
However, the 46-year-old actor does “wish him well” on tackling bipartisan issues.
“I hope there are certain things that he oversees that seem to be supported in a bipartisan way, like getting terrible, toxic stuff out of our kids’ food. I think that’s a great thing. And so, like, just – if you just do that, that’s amazing,” Pratt said.
“I’d hate to be so mired in hatred for the president that any success from his administration is something I’d have 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.’”
While he did not formally endorse Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” commission, Pratt expressed hope for his success.
“You know, it’s like, come on, be reasonable here. There’s certain things that would be a good thing to have. I want them all to be successful,” Pratt said.
Maher, 69, echoed Pratt’s praise of RFK Jr.’s character as a friend.
“I love him,” Maher said. “I may not agree with everything. But I agree with the overall view that what makes us sick is the toxicity.”
“When he was here, I said my advice to you is like you need to marry your former life more with what you’re doing now. Your former life, you were very admired as an environmental lawyer,” he added.
Maher also set the record straight for critics that RFK Jr. is “not crazy,” and praised him for always sticking by his values.
“He’s not crazy. I mean the people trying to – he’s also got, like I said to him when he was here, I don’t agree with everything you said, and I don’t think your father would either, but your father would be so proud that you stuck to your guns like more than anybody,” Maher told the “Parks & Recreation” alum.
“I mean this guy, when this guy believes something you cannot move him off of it with your bribes. That’s for better and worse.”
RFK Jr. was sworn in as the 26th HHS Secretary on Feb.13, 2025 after being nominated by President Trump.
Immediately after taking the position, he established the “Make America Healthy Again” commission focused on fitness, food reform, and chronic disease prevention.
Since taking office as the HHS Secretary under the Trump administration, the commission has helped re-establish the Presidential Fitness Test for public schoolchildren, ordered the FDA to phase out eight petroleum-based food dyes by 2026, and released a report identifying four potential causes of childhood chronic disease.
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