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The statement came during the launch of his YouTube cooking programme, The Real Food Show, which features celebrity chefs and budget-friendly recipes.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-08-04T13:46:09.848Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-04T12:06:17.446Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-04T19:16:23.173Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":30,"critic":45,"hype":65,"notes":{"trust":"No named sources or documents cited; central claim rests on anonymous sourcing.","critic":"No right of reply or affected voices quoted; vague quantities used.","hype":"Headline sensationalizes with loaded adjectives; body overstates claims."}},"tags":["#USPolitics","#PublicHealth","#RobertFKennedyJr","#MediaCoverage","#YouTube"],"entities":["Robert F. Kennedy Jr.","Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy","Andrew Gruel","USA Today","The Real Food Show","RadarOnline"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he has no gag reflex and will eat anything, including roadkill, during an interview with USA Today.","The statement was made to promote his new YouTube cooking programme, The Real Food Show, which premiered with a salmon dish.","Kennedy has previously written about collecting roadkill and storing it in his freezer, as documented in an unauthorised biography.","No left- or right-rated outlets reported on the story, according to the material available."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, said he has no gag reflex and will eat anything, including food from street vendors. The statement was made during an interview with USA Today White House correspondent Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy to promote his new YouTube cooking programme, The Real Food Show."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Kennedy described his willingness to eat unconventional foods, including roadkill, which he said he keeps in a freezer at home. He has previously written about collecting dead animals from highways, as reported in the unauthorised biography RFK JR.: The Fall and Rise. The cooking show’s first episode featured Chef Andrew Gruel preparing wild Alaskan salmon cakes with a salad."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left- or right-rated outlets available to this desk carried the story. The only report printed below is from a centre-rated outlet."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"The Hollywood Gossip","url":"https://thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/robert-f-kennedy-jr-no-gag-reflex-eats-what-he-finds-on-street","headline":"Robert F. 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