Current:Home > FinanceWoody Harrelson wears hat supporting RFK Jr. for president: 'Great seeing you' -NextFrontier Finance
Woody Harrelson wears hat supporting RFK Jr. for president: 'Great seeing you'
View
Date:2025-04-13 14:44:45
Woody Harrelson has thrown his hat into the political conversation once again – this time by actually wearing a hat seemingly endorsing controversial Democratic presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Kennedy's wife and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" actress Cheryl Hines posted a photo on Instagram with Harrelson sporting a blue Kennedy 2024 hat. "Great seeing you Woody," she wrote in the post. USA TODAY has reached out to Harrelson's rep for clarification.
Comments were mixed. One user wrote: "The support is going to be rolling out more and more as people begin to share how they really feel." Another added: "My enthusiasm is curbed."
Kennedy has drawn ire from many different groups given his opinions on vaccines and COVID-19.
Organizations advocating for Jewish and Asian people immediately criticized the presidential candidate after he spread a conspiracy theory at an event last month about the groups and COVID-19.
Kennedy, during a dinner in New York, said there is an "argument" that COVID-19 is "ethnically targeted." He claimed COVID-19 is "targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people" while sparing Ashkenazi Jewish people and Chinese people.
The presidential candidate in recent years has become a leading voice in the anti-vaccine movement. Health experts have called his work dangerous, and members of his family have condemned him for spreading misinformation.
'Abhorrent':Groups call Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s COVID theory antisemitic and racist
Kennedy has criticized lockdowns sparked by the pandemic, suggesting things were worse for Americans than for Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
He apologized for the comments, his second public apology for Holocaust comparisons. In 2015, Kennedy used the word "Holocaust" to describe children he believed were harmed by vaccines.
Harrelson, for his part, has discussed politics in the past, notably denouncing former President Donald Trump after the 2016 election as well as criticizing former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
When Harrelson hosted "Saturday Night Live" earlier this year, the self-proclaimed "redneck hippie" said in his opening monologue: "You know, the red in me thinks you should be allowed to own guns. The blue in me thinks – squirt guns. So, I’m red and blue which makes purple. I’m purple." He also called himself "anarchist, Marxist, ethical hedonist, nondiscriminatory empath, epistemology deconstructionist, Texan," and took aim at COVID vaccine mandates.
Contributing: Marina Pitofsky, Naledi Ushe and Rachel Looker, USA TODAY; The Associated Press
More on 'SNL':Woody Harrelson takes a jab at COVID vaccine mandates in 'SNL' monologue
veryGood! (64421)
Related
- Average rate on 30
- Fire kills hundreds of caged animals, including puppies and birds, at famous market in Thailand
- What benefits can help improve employee retention? Ask HR
- FBI data show sharp drop in violent crime but steepness is questioned
- The Daily Money: Spending more on holiday travel?
- AP sources: 8 people with possible Islamic State ties arrested in US on immigration violations
- Federal judge strikes down Florida's ban on transgender health care for children
- Bull that jumped the fence at Oregon rodeo to retire from competition, owner says
- New Zealand official reverses visa refusal for US conservative influencer Candace Owens
- Off-duty guard charged with killing Seattle-area teen after mistaking toy for gun, authorities say
Ranking
- 'No Good Deed': Who's the killer in the Netflix comedy? And will there be a Season 2?
- Judge faces inquiry after Illinois attorney was kicked out of court and handcuffed to chair
- Bull that jumped the fence at Oregon rodeo to retire from competition, owner says
- Billy Ray Cyrus files for divorce from wife Firerose after 8 months of marriage
- Louvre will undergo expansion and restoration project, Macron says
- This new restaurant bans anyone under 30: Here's why
- Man charged after firing gun at birthday party, shooting at sheriff's helicopter, prosecutors say
- Homeowners surprised to find their million-dollar house listed on Zillow for $10,000
Recommendation
Selena Gomez's "Weird Uncles" Steve Martin and Martin Short React to Her Engagement
These $18.99 Swim Trunks Are an Amazon Top-Seller & They’ll Arrive by Father’s Day
Idaho police force loses millions worth of gear and vehicles in fire
Lionel Richie on the continuing power of We Are the World
The Best Stocking Stuffers Under $25
Southern Baptists to decide whether to formally ban churches with women pastors
RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, accused of age discrimination
Fans sentenced to prison for racist insults directed at soccer star Vinícius Júnior in first-of-its-kind conviction