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A look at how gym-themed public displays by Trump-era officials—featuring Pete Hegseth, RFK Jr., and Kid Rock—are deployed as political messaging to project masculine strength and energize voters, amid policy fights and looming foreign crises, with experts noting the tactic taps cultural anxieties about male identity.
Colbert mocks RFK Jr.'s surreal Maha workout video with Kid Rock, joking about the jeans and acid-trip vibes, then notes a viral macaque and pays tribute to Jesse Jackson, while referencing a Economist/YouGov poll showing about half of Americans view Trump as racist, corrupt, cruel, or dangerous.
Stephen Colbert mocked RFK Jr. and Kid Rock’s 90-second 'Make America Healthy' workout video posted to X, calling it 'pure cinema' as they exercise in jeans in a sauna and end in a hot tub with whole milk; the Late Show roundup also riffed on Trump poll numbers and noted Melissa McCarthy will appear on Thursday.
Rolling Stone highlights RFK Jr.'s unusual habit of wearing jeans in daily life and in a promotional workout video with Kid Rock, sparking memes that label him a “Never Nude,” while tying the quirk to his tenure as HHS secretary and ongoing vaccine-policy debates.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. teamed with Kid Rock to share a provocative Make America Healthy Again workout video on X, featuring gym scenes, shirtless moments, a jeans-clad cold plunge and milk-drinking, which critics treated as a troll and sparked polarized online reactions about its odd branding and messaging.
A USA TODAY opinion piece mocks a Department of Health and Human Services video in which Health Secretary RFK Jr. teams with Kid Rock for a shirtless workout in a wooden lodge and ends with glasses of whole milk, arguing the bizarre PSA highlights Kennedy’s controversial stances and questionable health‑policy messaging, while noting prior odd ads and public skepticism toward the department.
A video posted by RFK Jr. shows Kid Rock joining him for a macho workout—sauna, stationary biking, sit-ups—while Kennedy promotes eating real food and “Make America Healthy Again,” with visuals like raw milk, an American flag, and a Statue of Liberty replica, signaling a celebrity-political crossover and Kennedy’s alignment with Trump-era messaging.
An opinion piece mocks Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s promotional video with Kid Rock, a shirtless, over‑the‑top montage urging Americans to “GET ACTIVE + EAT REAL FOOD” and tied to Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again campaign. The piece notes the gimmicky workout scenes (including a bear prop and jeans‑clad cold plunge) reflect Kennedy’s controversial health views, such as vaccine skepticism and changes to vaccination schedules and dietary guidance, which critics say have undermined public health at HHS amid recent measles concerns.
RFK Jr. teamed with Kid Rock to post a workout video—featuring workouts, pickleball, and pool lounging—as a push for Americans to get active.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. teams up with rocker Kid Rock for a viral workout video promoting activity and real food, a pairing that prompted online disbelief and scrutiny given Kid Rock’s well‑publicized history with alcohol and drugs and Kennedy’s health‑oriented political messaging.
Kid Rock added a Jesus-themed verse to Cody Johnson’s 2021 hit Til You Cant and performed it at Turning Point USA’s All-American Halftime Show, a conservative alternative to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl, after which the cover jumped to No. 1 on the all-genre iTunes chart (Johnson’s original was No. 2). The track isn’t Kid Rock’s original, and the event was reportedly pre-recorded; reactions included lip-sync accusations about the opener and debates about the significance of an iTunes spike versus mainstream charts.
Jon Stewart used his Daily Show moment to mock Kid Rock’s lip‑synced Turning Point USA halftime performance and the MAGA backlash to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl set, calling the outrage a shallow, power‑driven ‘pity party’ while also noting Meghan McCain’s praise of Bad Bunny and lampooning conservative culture‑war theatrics.
Kid Rock criticized Bad Bunny’s Spanish-language Super Bowl halftime show on Fox News, saying he didn’t understand it and faulting the NFL for the lineup; Donald Trump also blasted the performance on Truth Social, while Bad Bunny drew support from Lady Gaga and Andy Cohen, highlighting a partisan divide over the halftime act.
AP News reports Bad Bunny headlined the Super Bowl 60 halftime show and brought out Lady Gaga; the piece playfully notes that, based on historic trends, Bad Bunny might have beaten Kid Rock in a hypothetical halftime showdown, though a video playback error limited viewing.
Early ratings put Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show ahead of Turning Point USA’s All-American Halftime Show: initial figures suggest about 4 million viewers for TPUSA’s broadcast versus roughly 6.1 million concurrent YouTube viewers for Bad Bunny, with TPUSA’s video views climbing into the tens of millions and Bad Bunny’s performance projected to reach around 128 million viewers overall, making it one of the most-watched halftime shows; Trump criticized Bunny after the performance while Kid Rock headlined the conservative alternative.