(NewsNation) — Comedian Tim Dillon, a friend and supporter of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is all for Kennedy’s attempts to get Americans to eat healthier.
In fact, he’d love to see Kennedy close fast-food restaurants with armed soldiers.
“I think he should go into fast-food restaurants with the military and shut them down. I think he should take people off the line at Chick-fil-A at gunpoint,” Dillon told “On Balance” on Wednesday. “If I were going to go to Taco Bell but I knew that RFK would be there with the military, I might think twice about it.”
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Kidding aside, Dillon said Kennedy faces an uphill battle as the Cabinet member challenges what the comedian calls the “junk food industry.”
“These are mega-, multi-national conglomerates with a lot of money who are very well-funded, and he’s got his work cut out for him. It’s going to be very hard,” Dillon said.
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The podcast host of “The Tim Dillon Show” has a new Netflix special, “I’m Your Mother,” which is now streaming. To help promote Dillon’s program, actor Kevin Spacey appears in a short ad reprising his “House of Cards” role as political powerbroker Frank Underwood.
Spacey was effectively exiled from the entertainment industry nearly a decade ago amid allegations of sexual misconduct. He was acquitted of criminal charges but still faces a civil lawsuit overseas. Spacey has denied wrongdoing and reportedly is attempting a comeback.
Dillon said he hopes the actor’s reappearance is a sign the pendulum has swung away from “cancel culture.”
“People are just tired of banishing people,” he said. “People are imperfect, they’re flawed. They make mistakes.”
