‘My God, the Sky Is Falling!’ CNN’s Shermichael Singleton Mocks Jim Acosta and Paul Begala’s Outrage Over Trump-RFK McDonald’s Photo

CNN’s Shermichael Singleton cracked up at Jim Acosta and Paul Begala’s outrage over a viral photograph of President-elect Donald Trump and several allies — including his nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — eating McDonald’s over the weekend during a segment on Monday morning.

The segment began with Acosta noting that “Kennedy has talked about making America healthier, targeting unhealthy food in this country, and yet he is eating McDonald’s.”

“Is he really loving it? I’m not sure there,” he added before turning the floor over to Singleton.

“I mean, look, everybody likes McDonald’s, Jim. I mean, they’re one of the largest fast food chains in the country. I don’t eat a lot of McDonald’s, but I love their freakin’ french fries,” replied the conservative commentator.

“And I think I speak for half of the Americans out there. I workout, I’m a physically fit guy, I do a heck of a lot of outdoors activities. And every once in a while, I want to go grab a double cheeseburger, an Oreo McFlurry, and a large fry, and here’s nothing wrong with that,” he continued with a laugh.

“But isn’t it a little hypocritical of RFK Jr. to be sitting there eating McDonald’s food after what he has said about food in this country?” followed-up Acosta.

“I don’t think so, because I give my friends a lot of hill about the food they eat, Jim. And I told them, ‘Guys, you need to eat healthier, you need to get your butts in the gym.’ And then some of my friends will say, ‘Well Sherm, I just saw you on Instagram eating a three scoop ice cream,'” submitted Singleton.

“So look, you can be critical about being in shape, taking good care of yourself, eating healthy food. And every once in a while, indulging yourself [inaudible] good stuff. I don’t have an issue with this, Jim,” he added, continuing to laugh.

Given his chance to weigh in, Begala suggested that it was “a dominance thing” and all about making the “famously fit” Kennedy “bend the knee to the Dear Leader.”

“I’m all for being critical when it’s warranted. This is a photo about people eating McDonald’s,” observed Singleton when he got a chance to cut back in.

“Shermichael, give me a break. “You’re telling me people weren’t texting you this photo over the weekend, Shermichael. I’m sorry,” interjected Acosta.

“No, I had some friends texting me about it, mostly because of RFK and the McDonald’s thing, because, you know, he is known to be a pretty healthy eater,” answered Singleton. “And we all sort of laughed about it in some of my group texts with some of my friends, but no one looked at this text and said, ‘Oh my God, the sky is falling!'”

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