According to reports from Page Six,
a press dinner to boost RFK Jr's presidential campaign
unfortunately descended into a foul bout of screaming and
farting, over climate change, seriously.
Now, according to Page Six, which actually witnessed the incident,
Kennedy's New York City press dinner at Tony's restaurant on the Upper East Side,
devolved into a pretty bitter argument between Doug Dechert,
do you know this guys?
>> No idea, no.
>> And Anthony Hayden-Guest, okay, so you see Doug on the left and
Anthony Hayden-Guest on the right, okay.
Now, what happened, exactly?
The argument apparently began after Kennedy was asked a question about
the environment, climate change.
The mere inquiry was enough to set off apparently drunk gossip
columnist-turned-flack Doug Dechert, the host of the event,
who became enraged and screamed at the top of his lungs, the climate hoax.
>> So I guess he was fart-right?
>> No.
>> What?
>> No, no, no, no.
>> [LAUGH] >> Let's just pretend like
that didn't happen.
Meanwhile, art critic Anthony Hayden-Guest, who appeared to have
been sleeping happily for most of the dinner, was roused by the abrupt rumpus.
He suddenly opened his eyes and denounced his longtime pal,
calling him a miserable blob.
What a fun dinner.
[LAUGH] >> Totally, totally.
So, by the way, we're going to get to RFK's reaction at some point.
But these Mirandos are like having the time of their lives.
This is such a thing that if you've never, and I have never been to one of these, but
I've heard of them.
This is some old school New York stuff, where dudes with tons of money that
have known each other for 30 years and go literally to the same cocktail parties and
throw those cocktail parties, get together and give money to politicians and stuff.
And so, this is like high society gone wrong.
>> I would pay to not have to be there.
>> Except that it's hilarious.
>> No, I know, I know.
[LAUGH] I like reading about it.
I wouldn't wanna be in the room with these guys.
But anyway, nonetheless, by the way, Hayden-Guest,
very upset that it's been reported that he was happily asleep at the time.
He denies that.
It's really important you know that he denies that.
He says that he was just thinking, and he was, in fact,
the one that asked the environment question.
>> Well, it's not impossible, because one of my co-founders here, Dave Kohler,
who you guys see every once in a while, old school and other shows, he's
a legendary micro napper, [LAUGH] so he'll close his eyes every once in a while, but
for somehow miraculously, he does sometimes hear the conversations.
But overall, not normal to go to a dinner and close your eyes for
a really long time, usually a sign that you might be asleep.
[LAUGH] >> Now,
Dechert started to scream wildly about the climate hoax, the scam.
He's very, very amped up about it.
So apparently at that time, Hayden-Guest peppered him with verbal volleys,
as it's described from across the table, calling him effing,
insane and insignificant, all while RFK Jr's there.
Keep in mind, he's just watching calmly, which, to his credit,
he's watching calmly, right?
>> Yeah, to his discredit, he's the one that asked Dechert, I'll call him Dechert,
to throw the party in the first place.
And Dechert's like, it's my party, so I'll be as-
>> I'll scream if I want to.
I'll scream if I want to, totally, I'll dance if I want to.
And see, I appreciate your jokes, unlike you, okay?
Anyways- >> But my jokes are good.
>> [LAUGH] Come on.
Everybody's telling their friends about the fart-right joke, and you know it, and
you know it.
Okay, anyways, but the dude's a weirdo.
He's like a right-wing weirdo, Detritus, right?
>> Detritus, yes, yes, he's the one who thinks it's a climate hoax.
He's freaking out.
>> And he's the one throwing the party on behalf of
RFK Jr. >> True.
>> And RFK Jr is like, yeah, cool.
All right, let's do it, okay.
I'm gonna have a Far-right, guy, give me money and invite his weirdo friends, and
I'm gonna take money from them.
It turns out the weirdo Far-right guy did something incredibly weird.
Maybe he didn't know.
It's totally possible he didn't know.
>> Is it RFK Jr friendly with Steve Bannon and stuff?
>> Well, Bannon encouraged him to run, goes the story, right?
>> Right.
>> But remember, guys, RFK Jr is a really strange case,
cuz he really did start out on the very left, right?
And a lot of his positions are still on the very left, okay?
Including on the environment.
And that's why his friend, Dechert, threw a fit, right?
A farting fit.
Is that a thing?
>> But we haven't even gotten to the farts guy.
>> Yeah, okay, so we haven't even gotten to the fart of the deal yet.
>> That was good, that was good, that was good.
[LAUGH] >> [LAUGH] And
he has always had these anti-vaccine ideas, but now he's kind of
morphed into really extreme conspiracy theories from the right-wing,
like the water's turning the frogs, and the kids gay, and transgender, etc.
So he's kind of lost the thread in a big, big way.
That's why the right-wing now loves RFK Jr. that's why it's not that surprising
that this weirdo would be throwing the party for him.
And that's why, no, to RFK Jr. sorry, but not even close, no.
>> So, believe it or not, this is where things start to get insane, okay?
So, as Page Six reports, Dechert sensed the need for
a new rhetorical tack, and let rip a loud, prolonged fart while yelling,
as if to underscore his point, I'm farting.
>> Well, good for you, man, cuz if it wasn't clear enough,
I'm glad you straighten that out.
>> Farts really do lighten the mood.
Things were getting a little hostile.
Things were getting a little uncomfortable.
And he's like, I know, I know, I'm in a fart.
He might be an American hero here.
>> No, not an American hero.
>> I'm kidding, yeah.
>> But to be fair to him, and we're a fair show, we wanna give his statement
afterwards, he said, I apologize for using my flatulence as a medium of public
commentary in your presence, so well, okay, at least he understands it.
But then, when the New York Post reached out to him, and
I'm not sure anyone's a good guy in this story,
he insisted on being called a beer-fueled, sex rocket.
>> [LAUGH] Everything about it is absurd.
Everything about it.
>> And I was thinking, if I was a candidate,
what would I do in that situation?
But here's what I wouldn't do.
>> You wouldn't be in the room.
>> I wouldn't be in the room, Cenk. >> I wouldn't be in the room, okay,
that is definitely right.
And if I was in the room, I wouldn't be like,
the host thinks that climate change doesn't exist and it's a hoax.
Well, I'll just stay calm and not say anything.
I don't find that objectionable.
No, I would find that deeply objectionable.
Even more objectionable than his flatulence.
>> I know, but have you seen him without a shirt on?
>> I have not, but I am worried about what that beer-fueled,
sex rocket might look like without a shirt.
>> No, I'm not even talking about Dechert.
>> Okay, I thought you meant the sex rocket.
No, RFK Jr, on the other hand.
>> Holy crap.
>> Yes. >> I thought that was Photoshopped.
>> No, no, no. When I first saw it,
I was like, that's funny.
They're doing what they do with Trump, cuz the Trump NFTs is like.
>> Okay, now, last thing is, >> But how is he so shredded?
>> No, that's because, look, he's- >> Those pecs.
>> I know, but remember, he's part of Hollywood royalty.
He's part of the Kennedys, and he was a good lawyer, from what I understand.
So he's loaded, so all he has time for is sit around and
rant against vaccines, and lift weights.
>> No, but you know what?
He's doing the right thing with the working out and looking good.
Because, like I've said before, if you're a tremendously wealthy person,
you owe it to the American people to look good.
>> You owe it to the American people.
You owe it to them.
Okay, well, he's paid his debt to his country, so yes.
Now, the funny thing is, last thing on this is, so
I looked at his pictures without his shirt many times, I'm kidding.
>> [LAUGH] >> Okay, and I looked at him,
I was like, well, good for you, brother.
I don't agree with your politics these days, but nice work, right?
And then I let it go, because it's just like a fun little curiosity,
and that's what you brought up.
>> Right, right.
>> The right-wing went nuts.
It was on every show, and they were all like, what a man.
>> [LAUGH] >> They get homo erotic so quick,
they go from zero to 10 on homo erotic.
>> It doesn't take much.
Remember in 2012 or 2013,
I believe Vladimir Putin did this super cheesy photo shoot,
where he's riding shirtless on a horse, and he's not in great shape.
He's got dad bod, like normal dad bod, right?
And the right-wing lost it over those photos, they liked it.
>> Yeah, yeah. >> Look at this, man.
>> No, they're hilarious.
For guys who are theoretically against LBGQ+ people,
anytime there's a dude without a shirt on, they're like, man, that's a man.
I love that guy.
Did you see his nipples?
>> [LAUGH] >> [LAUGH] I'm not sure anyone said that
exactly, [LAUGH] but it seemed like it.
[LAUGH]