{"id":668740,"date":"2026-05-27T20:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/668740\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T20:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:36:08","slug":"rfk-jr-wrangles-snakes-from-dr-ozs-palm-beach-patio-cheryl-hines-pleads-let-them-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/668740\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. wrangles snakes from Dr. Oz’s Palm Beach patio; Cheryl Hines pleads, ‘Let them go’"},"content":{"rendered":"

PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Some people call pest control. Dr. Oz apparently had RFK Jr. on speed dial.<\/p>\n

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a video on X <\/a>showing himself wrangling two snakes from the patio of Dr. Mehmet Oz\u2019s Palm Beach home, turning what might have been a quiet Florida porch moment into the latest chapter in Kennedy\u2019s long-running wildlife side quest.<\/p>\n

Kennedy captioned the video, \u201cCheryl cheerleads the removal of a pair of Black Racers from Dr Oz\u2019s patio,\u201d though the audio suggests \u201ccheerleads\u201d may be doing some heavy lifting. His wife, actress Cheryl Hines, could be heard urging him to stop as Kennedy picked up the snakes with his bare hands.<\/p>\n

\u201cHoney, honey. Let them go,\u201d Hines said in the clip. \u201cBobby, Bobby. Please.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oz, meanwhile, appeared to provide the color commentary, noting the snakes had been mating and asking whether they were biting. Kennedy confirmed they were, while continuing to hold them like a man who had somehow mistaken a Cabinet post for a nature show audition. <\/p>\n

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a video on X showing himself wrangling two snakes from the patio of Dr. Mehmet Oz\u2019s Palm Beach home. (X)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

See also: Charges dismissed for woman without right hand cited for holding phone while driving<\/a><\/p>\n

The snakes were identified as black racers, a nonvenomous species commonly found throughout Florida. The Florida Museum of Natural History says racers are not dangerous to people or pets, but they will bite defensively if grabbed or pinned \u2014 which, in this case, appears to have been their main objection. <\/p>\n

The video quickly drew attention online, with viewers reacting to the unusual patio rescue and Kennedy\u2019s calm handling of two irritated reptiles.<\/p>\n

It is not Kennedy\u2019s first public animal encounter. Earlier this month, he posted about rescuing a starling at Dulles Airport, and in 2024 shared video of himself relocating a rattlesnake from his California driveway. <\/p>\n

For now, Oz\u2019s patio appears to be snake-free, Hines appears to have survived the stress, and Kennedy has added another unofficial title to his r\u00e9sum\u00e9: secretary of health, human services and surprise reptile removal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Some people call pest control. Dr. Oz apparently had RFK Jr. on speed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-668740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}