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Posted: 2024-03-07T09:58:17Z | Updated: 2024-03-07T20:19:41Z

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week offered up a wild defense of his association with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that probably didnt help his campaign.

Kennedy has previously said he was on Epsteins private plane twice .

In an interview on the Flagrant podcast released Wednesday, Kennedy admitted that Epstein was hardly the only notorious character he hung out with.

Im in New York for most of my life. You run into everybody in New York, he said. I mean, I knew Harvey Weinstein. I knew Roger Ailes. I knew O.J. Simpson came to my house. Bill Cosby came to my house.

Kennedy, though, wasnt bragging about knowing these individuals or trying to defend any of them.

You dont know these people are swamp creatures until all this stuff comes out, he said.

In the full interview, Kennedy also spoke of being on Donald Trump s plane and compared it to Epsteins then offered details about his encounters with Epstein, who, he claimed, essentially admitted to financial crimes during their very first meeting.

I did see creepiness immediately, Kennedy said of Epstein.

Kennedys long list of dubious acquaintances earned him plenty of attention on social media: