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Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live roasted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement by showing what medical drama The Pitt would be like if it were in line with MAHA health advice. Obviously, it’s just an SNL skit, but after airing on Saturday, March 14, it has gone viral online because people think it actually seems pretty accurate—which is amusing and horrifying at the same time.
In a fake trailer for the MAHA version of The Pitt, the show is described as “for people who love The Pitt but can’t stand its phony liberal science.” And just in case it wasn’t clear who was being called out, the trailer also says “from producer Robert F. Kennedy Jr and the team who wants to Make America Healthy Again.”
Host Harry Styles appears in the video and says, “What she needs is a steak.”
RFK Eating A Birthday Steak: pic.twitter.com/BZOlAsoK4P
— Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) January 17, 2026
(You might remember how RFK Jr. celebrated his birthday with steak instead of cake, and also promised to end the alleged “war on protein.”) So, when faced with an E.R. patient experiencing a medical emergency, Harry says, “She needs protein, people. Get me beef tallow and six raw eggs, stat!”
Throughout the skit, hospital staff members give similarly bad medical advice. They see a patient who got into a car accident and when contemplating how to proceed, they throw out ideas like “whey powder,” “a sound bath,” and “a cold plunge in blue jeans.” They also ask the patient if he’s up-to-date on his vaccines, and when he confirms that he is, Harry coughs, “Loser!”
‘MAHAspital’ also bans Tylenol.
MAHAspital pic.twitter.com/E8QItUdqp7
— Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) March 15, 2026
In 2025, the Trump administration sparked backlash when he claimed that taking Tylenol during pregnancy is linked to autism. RFK Jr. later softened the claims to some degree, saying, “We’ve all said from the beginning that the causative association between Tylenol given in pregnancy … is not sufficient to say it definitely caused autism, but it is very suggestive.” He still urged people to “minimize the use to one that’s absolutely necessary.”
And later in the skit, RFK Jr. (portrayed by cast member James Austin Johnson) makes an appearance, wearing his signature outfit: blue jeans and no shirt. In a message to medical staff, he says, “I’m proud of each and every one of you. You’ve been told over and over you’re crazy, what you’re doing is dangerous and irresponsible. But you did it anyway.” Sound familiar?
He continues, “Maybe it’s the brain worm talking, but I love this team. Now drop and give me 50.”
And although it’s actually terrifying, people found it hilarious.
RFK Jr: Trust the experts, that's not a thing. Trusting the experts is not a feature of democracy, and it's not a feature of science. pic.twitter.com/t52qhtROvu
— FactPost (@factpostnews) February 9, 2026
Someone on X called the sketch “a stellar depiction of how stupid this administration is.” Another person said it’s “basically a documentary,” which is why some people online found it so scary. On Reddit, someone else said, “I had a genuine belly laugh that immediately was followed by, what I can only describe as, doom.”
Even some people who say they support RFK Jr., his MAHA movement, and the Trump administration as a whole appreciated the skit and found it funny. But some were offended by it, calling the skit “pure propaganda” and accusing SNL of mocking people who are “trying to make Americans healthy.”
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