Fact-Check: Did RFK Jr. Use Steroids to Build Muscle? Here's What We Know

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now serving as Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump, continues to face renewed scrutiny over his use of testosterone replacement therapy—an anabolic steroid—after posting a series of shirtless workout videos that went viral and reignited earlier claims he was using performance-enhancing drugs.

The controversy, first sparked in mid-2023 following a viral video of Kennedy doing push-ups outside Gold's Gym in Venice, California, has resurfaced thanks to social media chatter and commentary from high-profile fitness figures like Greg Doucette. Doucette's recent YouTube video—titled "Steroids! RFK Isn't Fooling Anyone..."—recirculated the claims, pushing the topic back into the national spotlight as Kennedy now oversees U.S. health policy and drug regulation.