Actor Woody Harrelson didn’t mince words as he took aim at top COVID doc Anthony Fauci, the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in a recent interview.
Harrelson made the comments during an appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, where the two discussed Fauci’s legacy and their hopes Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Harrelson expressed optimism about Kennedy Jr.’s influence as the sworn-in Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump.
“Bobby, I really hope he’s able to do some good because he’s certainly a man on a mission,” Harrelson said. “And a man who cares deeply.”
“Everything Dr. Robert Malone said has turned out to be true. From the lab leaks, to the covid vaccine having side effects, and whether they lied about the studies was all true”.
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“And I think really heroic how much he stood up for things that he didn’t need to talk about … he just took one arrow after another over it,” the former “Cheers” star added.
Rogan explained that Kennedy Jr.’s ongoing battle with spasmodic dysphonia, a challenging voice condition attributed by Kennedy to a possible vaccine side effect.
Rogan shared that Kennedy believes the disorder, which impacts the brain’s ability to control muscle movements, might have been triggered by receiving yearly flu shots.
Joe Rogan surprises Woody Harrelson with the revelation that his friend RFK jr had his voice damaged by the flu vaccine!!
His condition known as spasmodic dysphonia started in 1996.
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Although Kennedy himself has admitted there’s no conclusive evidence to confirm the link, he reportedly views the flu vaccine as “at least a potential culprit.”
“People dismiss him because his voice is hard, it’s hard to listen to sometimes,” Rogan remarked, referencing the difficulties listeners face when understanding Kennedy Jr.
Harrelson acknowledged the challenge, responding, “Yeah, that condition he has, you’d think there’d be some way for them to address it, but I don’t know.”
Rogan then added, “He believes that condition came from the flu vaccine. It’s a side effect of flu vaccines; he used to take the flu vaccine every year.”
Harrelson sounded surprised to learn this, replying, “Oh. I didn’t know that.” Rogan continued, “And so he developed this voice problem and he believes it’s a vaccine injury, which is very ironic.”
Further into their discussion, Rogan revealed he had formerly dismissed Kennedy Jr. as a “kook” but reversed his perception after reading Kennedy’s book, The Real Anthony Fauci.
“If all these things [RFK] is saying about Anthony Fauci during the AIDS crisis, if that’s not true, why is he not getting sued?” Rogan questioned.
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Rogan: "If all these things [RFK] is saying about Anthony Fauci during the AIDS crisis, if that's not true, why is he not getting sued?"
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“I would sue the f**k outta him if he lied about me and said that I was vaccinating foster kids with experimental drugs that were killing them.”
Harrelson didn’t hold back either, heavily criticizing Fauci’s handling of the AIDS epidemic.
The actor pointed out that Fauci’s promotion of the drug AZT—once used to combat the disease—was deeply troubling.
“He [Fauci] started with the AZT thing [to fight AIDS],” Harrelson said. “And, you know, AZT was known to be a highly toxic, really ineffective drug, and of course, that was the one they picked.”
He continued, “And so they started using that again, and I don’t know how many people that killed. That killed friends of mine.”
“AZT was very toxic and they finally had to yank it. And now they use different chemical cocktails, but like, Fauci did some extraordinarily evil s**t. And he knows what he did,” the actor added.
Rogan linked the discussion to the film “Dallas Buyers Club,” starring Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, which explored the AIDS crisis.
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The podcast host noted, “That was about people trying to seek alternative treatments to deal with AIDS… that’s Fauci, that’s AZT.”
He reflected on Magic Johnson’s decision to stop AZT treatment, claiming it may have saved the basketball star’s life. “Magic Johnson got on AZT and it was killing him, and he got off of it,” Rogan said, with Harrelson noting that he is still alive.
The conversation took another turn as Harrelson shifted his focus to the broader actions of the U.S. government throughout history.
The “Zombieland” actor denounced America’s military interventions, which he argued often lack clear ethical or geopolitical justifications.
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“That bothers me. I get sleepless over that. Especially because the United States has just done, you know… I… You know, WWII?” he began. “Okay, I give you that one, you know?”
“I won’t give you the Korean War, with the potential domino theory which was absurd,” Harrelson added. “The same theory that… so, 4 million people died in Korea.”
He accused the U.S. of prioritizing the financial interests of its wealthy elite, regardless of the human cost.
“3.5 million in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia. We started carpet bombing in Laos, you know? Which is everything in a two-mile radius presumed dead,” he criticized.
Highlighting other parts of the world, he said, “What we’ve done throughout Central, South America, all over the world, we’ve become masters of war, but toward what end? To help those rich people get richer.”
Watch Harrelson’s full interview on the “Joe Rogan Experience” here: