RFK Jr said a worm ate part of his brain and died in his head

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed successful a years-old deposition that doctors told him a parasitic worm had eaten portion of his encephalon earlier dying successful his skull, according to a Tuesday study from the New York Times.

Kennedy made the claim during a deposition that took spot arsenic portion of his 2012 divorcement proceedings. He said helium had been experiencing "cognitive problems" and feared helium was suffering from a encephalon tumor.

RFK was scheduled to acquisition country astatine the Duke University Medical Center successful North Carolina erstwhile helium got a 2nd opinion. The 2nd doc stated that the shadiness wrong his encephalon connected scans was successful information a dormant parasite, apt a pork tapeworm larva.

According to a transcription of the interview, Kennedy stated that his information "was caused by a worm that got into my encephalon and ate a information of it and past died," according to the Times.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed successful a years-old deposition that doctors told him a parasitic worm had eaten portion of his encephalon earlier dying successful his skull, according to a Tuesday study from the New York Times.

"I person cognitive problems, clearly," RFK said astatine the time. "I person short-term representation loss, and I person longer-term representation nonaccomplishment that affects me."

The autarkic statesmanlike campaigner was besides diagnosed with mercury poisoning astir the aforesaid time, which 1 doc told the Times was apt the existent origin down RFK's terrible "brain fog."

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The mercury poisoning arose from a dense fare of fish, namely tuna sandwiches.

(Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has highlighted his carnal fittingness successful opposition to erstwhile President Trump and President Biden.)

RFK's run told the Times helium made a afloat betterment from the encephalon fog and different symptoms aft changing his diet, and helium had nary aftereffects from the parasite.

When asked whether the past called into question his intelligence ability, a spokeswoman for the run told the outlet, "That is simply a hilarious suggestion, fixed the competition."

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sought to found that helium is acold much physically steadfast than some erstwhile President Trump, left, and President Biden. (Getty Images)

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RFK has highlighted his ain carnal fittingness successful opposition with President Biden and erstwhile President Trump. The 70-year-old often appears connected societal media being progressive astatine the gym and elsewhere.