The 72-year-old revealed during Thursday’s episode of “This Past Weekend with Theo Von” that he had met the comedian during recovery meetings that were held before the COVID-19 pandemic.

That gave the HHS chief an opening to remark that he was “not scared of a germ — I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.”

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“Like, if I don’t, if I don’t treat it — which means for me going to meetings every day — it’s just bad for my life,” Kennedy said of his addiction and recovery journey.

Von and Kennedy both lived in the Los Angeles area and were introduced at a 7 a.m. recovery meeting that got shut down during the pandemic.

“I mean for me, I said this when I came in, ‘I don’t care what happens, I’m going to a meeting everyday,’” said RFK Jr., adding that he’s been in recovery for 43 years. “I know this disease will kill me.”

The Cabinet official has been open about his past struggles with narcotics — including heroin, to which he was addicted for 14 years.

Kennedy claimed to podcast host Shawn Ryan in June 2024 that drugs even helped improve his grades in school.

“I did very, very poorly in school, until I started doing narcotics,” he said at the time. “I was at the bottom of my class. I started doing heroin, and I went to the top of my class. Suddenly, I could sit still, and I could read.”

“It worked for me,” he added. “And if it still worked, I’d still be doing it.”

In other interviews, the HHS secretary has noted his descent into drug addiction began in the years following the assassination of his father, Robert F. Kennedy, in 1968.

In 1983, Kennedy was arrested and charged with heroin possession in South Dakota. The following year, he pleaded guilty to a felony drug possession charge and received two years’ probation and community service.

He has called the arrest “the best thing that could have happened to me” because it forced him into sobriety.

In 1983, Kennedy was arrested and charged with heroin possession in South Dakota. The following year, he pleaded guilty to a felony drug possession charge and received two years’ probation and community service.

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