Actor Woody Harrelson criticized Dr. Anthony Fauci during a recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, accusing the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director of engaging in “extraordinarily evil sh*t” during his tenure.
Harrelson, 63, joined host Joe Rogan on Saturday to discuss concerns about the country’s healthcare system and the actions of public health officials.
During the conversation, Harrelson praised Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, calling him “heroic” and “a man who cares deeply.”
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The discussion then shifted to Fauci, whom Harrelson contrasted with Kennedy’s approach to public health.
Fauci, 84, who also served as President Joe Biden’s chief medical advisor, has faced scrutiny for his handling of vaccines, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, Harrelson brought up an earlier controversy surrounding Fauci’s advocacy for azidothymidine (AZT), a drug used during the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.
Harrelson criticized Fauci’s role in promoting AZT, describing it as a “really ineffective” and toxic drug that resulted in numerous deaths, including those of people he personally knew.
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“He started with the AZT thing! And, you know, AZT was known to be highly toxic, really ineffective drug, and of course, that was the one they picked,” Harrelson said.
“And so they started using that again, and I don’t know how many people got killed. That killed friends of mine. AZT was very toxic and they finally had to yank it. And now they use different chemical cocktails, but like, Fauci did some extraordinarily evil sh**… and he knows what he did.”
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Rogan then shifted the discussion to Fauci’s recent pardon, granted by President Biden on his last day in office.
“He’s pre-pardoned federally, but he’s not pre-pardoned state-wise,” Rogan stated.
Biden’s preemptive pardon for Fauci, who has not been officially charged with any crimes, has been met with outrage from critics who believe Fauci misled Congress about the U.S. government’s role in funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China.
The pardon reportedly covers actions dating back to 2014, when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a multimillion-dollar grant to EcoHealth Alliance to study bat coronaviruses at a Wuhan laboratory, the city where COVID-19 later emerged.
Rogan noted that while the pardon shields Fauci from federal prosecution, it does not prevent states from pursuing legal action against him.
“These states can still sue him. Not only that, when you’re pardoned, you can no longer plead the Fifth, so you could be held for perjury,” Rogan explained.
He also suggested that the pardon may not have been fully thought through by Biden or Fauci.
“There’s a lot of issues with being pardoned that I don’t think Biden took into consideration, or Fauci took into consideration either. I think he just wanted anything to protect him because he knew it was coming,” Rogan said.
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“He’s pre-pardoned federally, but he’s not pre-pardoned state-wise. These states can still sue him. Not only that, when you’re pardoned, you can no longer plead the Fifth, so you could be held for perjury.”
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Rogan then expressed frustration over Fauci’s lengthy influence on public health policy.
“It’s just a bummer that someone had that kind of power for so long and was such a f**king monster,” he added.
The discussion underscores ongoing public distrust toward Fauci and the federal government’s handling of both past and recent health crises.
With Fauci’s preemptive pardon now a political flashpoint, questions remain about potential state-level legal challenges and future accountability.
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