RFK Jr. blames social media manager for comment on OnlyFans model’s TikTok

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday explained why his campaign’s TikTok account included resurfaced comments about an OnlyFans model’s TikTok account.

“The TikTok comment in question was made in 2022, long before I had a TikTok account,” Kennedy said in a post on Platform X, formerly known as Twitter. “This comment started appearing on my account because that account was previously owned by one of the campaign’s junior social media managers.”

Kennedy claimed his team. was trying to advertise When he announced his candidacy in April, he announced his presidential candidacy on all social media platforms, but he could not livestream it on the short-form video platform TikTok unless he first reached 1,000 followers. Ta. He said his social media manager transferred his TikTok account, which had about 1,500 followers at the time, to Mr. Kennedy so that he could livestream his own announcements on TikTok.

When the question came up Wednesday night, Posted by user X A 2022 OnlyFans model’s video features a purported screen recording of President Kennedy’s official account writing “awesome” along with a heart-eyes emoji.

OnlyFans is a subscription-based platform that allows users to pay creators for photos and videos containing sexually explicit content.

Kennedy, the son of Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of former President Kennedy, is married to actress Cheryl Hines and has six children from two previous marriages.

Kennedy ran for the White House as a Democrat, but switched to running as an independent in October.

He has struggled to make much of an impact in the 2024 election, although one in five registered voters in a December poll said they were prepared to support a third-party candidate.

Kennedy supports several populist positions that align with former President Trump and some progressives in the Democratic Party.

Recent polls suggest his position in the race could improve Trump’s chances of being re-elected. A Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released last month found Trump leading Biden by 7 points in a head-to-head contest, 48% to 41%, respectively.