Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is not going to be the next American President. He knows it, his wife—Curb Your Enthusiasm actress Cheryl Hines—knows it, we all know it.
While making his bid for the Democratic Party’s nomination in the 2024 presidential election, the political heir has put his foot in his mouth time and time again, spreading COVID-19 misinformation and other conspiracies about public health—he even compared vaccine mandates to Nazi Germany! Yeah, dude, it’s not going to happen for you.
His back against the wall, a desperate RFK Jr. has decided to launch a Hail Mary last-ditch campaign effort—which, unfortunately, have proven effective in the past— in order to capture the coveted gay voter demographic:
He shared a photo of his hot adult son.
Yesterday marked the 29th birthday of Conor Richardson Kennedy, RFK Jr.’s third child and first with second wife, the late Mary Richardson Kennedy.
Not before he promoted his appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, RFK Jr. finally took the opportunity to celebrate his son’s special day on social media, sharing a photo of them side-by-side. Conor, clearly fresh from the surf, has his wetsuit rolled down just enough so we can see his taut tummy and abs.
Now, we’re no political strategists, but this sure feels like Campaign Tactics 101. One glimpse of that impressive vein running down Conor’s bulging bicep and, for a moment there, we almost forgot about all the terrible stuff FK has said. Almost. Stay woke, people!
As one Twitter (or is it X?) user points out, the “hot son” maneuver is one of the oldest tools in the political playbook, one famously employed by Mitt Romney who frequently trots out his square-jawed Mormon boys for public appearances.
Plenty of other folks online have gotten wise to RFK Jr.’s blatant gambit for support, calling out the obvious (the “obvious” being that his campaign is in desperate need of a boost… and that Conor looks great shirtless).
Others have noted this may also be RFK Jr.’s ploy for the powerful Swiftie voting bloc, as Conor once famously dated pop star Taylor Swift when he was 18 and she was 22—and those are some stans who sure know how to mobilize.
Though they reportedly had a “horrible breakup,” the relationship was said to have inspired many of the songs on her major pop crossover album, Red.
Conor made some headlines of his own last fall when he shared that he went to Ukraine to fight in the war alongside Ukraine’s International Legion of foreign fighters, stating he was “willing to die” for the country in an Instagram post.
Though he’s not posting anything to his grid since—where he makes no mention of his (in)famous father—he appears frequently on the Instagram page of his girlfriend, Giulia Be, a Brazilian singer and actor.
Which is to say: if your thirst was sufficiently trapped by RFK Jr.’s photo of Conor, there’s more of that on Giulia’s Instagram:
Anyway, where were we? Oh yeah: Nice try hoping a hot son would convince the gay to vote for you, RFK Jr. Good luck securing those voters you speak of!
GentlemanCaller
Sorry, there’t nothing sexy or attractive about morons.
abfab
Gross.
CatholicXXX
He has that kissing cousins face
abfab
By Reid J. Epstein
Reporting from Washington
July 21, 2023
The grandson of President John F. Kennedy on Friday called Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign “an embarrassment,” becoming the latest member of the storied Kennedy family to condemn the Democratic primary challenger to President Biden.
Jack Schlossberg, the former president’s grandson and the son of Caroline Kennedy, Mr. Biden’s ambassador to Australia, made the remarks in a 1-minute 50-second social media video.
Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Schlossberg said, is “trading in on Camelot, celebrity conspiracy theories and conflict for personal gain and fame.”
He continued: “I know him. I have no idea why anyone thinks he should be president. What I do know is his candidacy is an embarrassment. Let’s not be distracted, again, by somebody’s vanity project. I am excited to vote for Joe Biden in my state’s primary, and again in the general election.”
abfab
cont.
An array of Kennedy family members have denounced Mr. Kennedy’s campaign in recent days, spurred by his suggestion, caught on video and published by The New York Post, that the coronavirus was “ethnically targeted” to spare Jews and Chinese people.
His sister, Kerry Kennedy, called the remarks “deplorable and untruthful,” and his brother Joseph Kennedy II told The Boston Globe that “his remarks in no way reflect the words and actions of our father, Robert F. Kennedy.”
Former Representative Joseph Kennedy III wrote on Twitter, “I unequivocally condemn what he said.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did not respond to messages on Friday, nor did his campaign spokeswoman. On Twitter, he has defended himself against what he called “spurious anti-Semitism charges” while highlighting support from conservative news outlets.
ScottOnEarth
Bobby, Jr., is a true lunatic, so who cares how hot his son is? I sure don’t. Anyone connected to this madman is useless, as far as I’m concerned. I’m particularly appalled that someone as intelligent as Cheryl Hines is standing by this reckless, paranoid dipshit.
abfab
She said it’s been ”challenging”. One can only imagine.
abfab
In a video posted to Instagram, Schlossberg drops the C-Word (Camelot), all but casting his anti-vaxx, conspiracy theorist of a relative out of the kingdom. Read his full statement below:
President John F. Kennedy is my grandfather, and his legacy is important. It’s about a lot more than Camelot and conspiracy theories. It’s about public service and courage. It’s about civil rights, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and landing a man on the moon. Joe Biden shares my father’s vision for America, that we do things not because they are easy, but because they are hard. And he is in the middle of becoming the greatest progressive president we’ve ever had.
Under Biden, we’ve added 13 million jobs, unemployment is at its lowest in 60 years. Biden passed the largest investment in infrastructure since the New Deal and the largest investment in green energy ever. He’s appointed more federal judges than any president since my grandfather. He ended our longest war. He ended the COVID pandemic, and he ended [former President] Donald Trump. These are the issues that matter. And if my cousin, Bobby Kennedy Jr., cared about any of them, he would support Joe Biden too.
basils_Herald
I don’t care if she needs to ride Biden’s shoulders til be collapses into his grave in the perverse game of chicken that is American politics – Harris for President!!!
Bengali
The optics on Harris have been weak since she took office. I always hoped Biden would retired after first time and Kamala would launch a kicka** campaign and take over. Sadly, she’s not well-liked since becoming VP. No chance we’ll be president.
Fname Optional Lname
So if his son was extremely unattractive and his father posted the same “Happy Birthday” post – then what? Does Queerty think he had a conversation with his son prior to taking that picture where he said that he needs to take his shirt off and look hot as f*ck to attract gay voters?
Even if he had the intention of posting a pic with his son looking hot why would anyone assume that it would be to get gay votes?? What about single females – young and old or any female or that matter. The only thing gay about this is the gay people thirsting over the son in this picture. No news here
Bosch
“What about single females”
It’s fine, I’m sure the supreme court will revoke women’s right to vote soon.
DuMaurier
@Bosch
Unlikely; women’s suffrage is actually in the constitution
still_onthemark
RFK Jr. still thinks AIDS is caused by poppers! A theory that went out of circulation in about 1989.
abfab
The sunburnt sheep of the family.
abfab
Thank you President Biden and Godspeed, Emmit. xo
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Godabed
the son is basic looking, just because someone is young and trim doesn’t mean they are attractive. Have some standards people.
judysdad
Shirtless? Yes. Hot? Nope.
abfab
Skanky. Like father like son. He won’t win. Don’t worry.
abfab
Kennedy Flair………………..my ass.
inbama
He’s not pretty, but the body is perfectly fine. And I’m impressed that he ran off to fight for the Ukraine.
Of course, we don’t know if the Kennedy men are afflicted with the Irish Curse.
FreddieW
All I see are his ears.
Andrew
Please when referring to this man in the future write his name R – FK.
LumpyPillows
The republicans are trying everything, again, to try and hold on to power. RFK is just another republican sponsored toady.
MikeM
He’s the one who used to date Taylor Swift
still_onthemark
Was that before or after Brian from Family Guy dated her?
MikeM
I think before
dbmcvey
It’s telling that both RFK Jr and the “No Labels” are being financed by Republican fat cats.
Bosch
Well he’s over 18, so it’s not going to convince any republican voters…
Braedon
Too true!
Louis
I’m SO glad Queerty gave me a heads up:
“He shared a photo of his hot adult son.”
As though anything other than adult could be called hot (which it can’t).
DuMaurier
Yikes–what depressing high school did YOU go to?
Carabalda
Conor is cute, but not cute enough to get his nitwit father elected to ANY office.
But honestly, the most disappointing thing in this post is learning that Cheryl Hines actually married this asshat Jr.. I’ll never be able to look at CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM the same way again. Sad…
PoetDaddy
There is no way on earth I would vote for this quack.
Mars414
Hot? That’s generous. From the neck down, maybe?
Pietro D
Get a grip dude! Can’t you get your mind out of the gutter even for an important matter.
Pietro D
Something wrong with all the kennedys but this sicko is MORONIC to boot!
He truly is an idiot denying every stupid thing he has said or put forward. yet
it’s all in the MEDIA for us to listen and see; how much farther can this asshat
go? Not much further at all. HIS GOOSE IS COOGED, OVERLY BAKED, as he is!
Ken A.
Must be working. Queerty is thirsting. Don’t blame the son for the father’s mistakes. This probably wasn’t his idea.
radiooutmike
My issue with RFK Jr is that he used to be not crazy; or at least he hid it well. Or maybe he just developed crazy later in life like some of us do?
He was a decent environmental lawyer. Hell, he developed or at least lent his name to a Boston Oil Collective that help people pay for their heating oil. I used that over 20 years ago when I moved into an apartment that had oil heat.
It’s sad though, either he’s delusional or he knows he’s a puppet for the right wing?
Mack
RFK Jr is propped up by Republicans in hope of making President Biden waste money defending himself in a Primary.
Dymension
OK, this is not even remotely courting gay voters. If I had not seen it on Queerty, I might not have seen it at all. If he were to court gay voters, it would be at some public event. Why is it that every time a political takes a pictures with their children, it’s for the purpose of “whoring” their children? Get a life kids.
abfab
Oh sure, these are just random occurances. None of it’s planned out. Think Tanks are just there for the hell of it. Hello! You’re way behind the curve.
Jon in Canada
That’s just embarrassing. And the son seems fine with being whored to masses.
Chaucer
It’s my guess that RFK, Jr inherited his aunt Rosemary’s schizophrenia genes. He appears paranoid in every interview I see, has other delusions, believes in conspiracies, and clearly his brain is not linear in thinking. He’s a danger.
RobF
Looks and reads like a desperation article by the Queerty Editors to create a narrative over NOTHING.
KyleMichelSullivan
I feel sorry for the son, considering how his cruel, lunatic father drove his mother to suicide. God knows what kind of household he was brought up in. Just because they have money doesn’t mean they had an easy life. A vicious man is a vicious man, no matter what his lineage.
As for RFK Jr? He and Marianne Williamson are out to split the Democratic vote and help the GOP, and too many “democrats” are falling for it. It’s an old political trick and makes me despise the GOP even more than I already do.
DuMaurier
Thankfully, RFK Jr will never be president.
But sheesh, however much we look down on him hardly justifies a bunch of catty sneering putdowns of the young man who happens to be son–which don’t even have snidely bitchy wit to recommend them.
abfab
Another one who just fell off the turnip truck. Consider the source. The FATHER…………who will try anything to keep or save his job.
Then get back to us.
Were you born yesterday, Du?
DuMaurier
@abfab, I wasn’t referring to the FATHER, my opinion of whom I’ve already made clear. I’m saying the nastiness directed toward someone who happens to be his son and is in a routine b-day pic is slimy. You can agree, disagree, the world keeps spinning either way
abfab
This will be the sickest thing I’ve ever said online…………………..He only wishes his son was as hot and handsome as John John. Good night.
Braedon
Never ever…you should be ashamed of yourself!