Fox News’ Jesse Watters hit Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with what he described as “the question that everybody is wondering about” on Tuesday. 
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Namely, “Why do you wear jeans when you work out?” 
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Kennedy, known for exercising in his literal (denim) sweatpants, answered: 
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“Well, I just started doing that a long time ago because I would go hiking in the morning and then I’d go straight to the gym and I found it was convenient and now I’m used to it so I just do it.” 
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“OK,” the Fox News host replied to the vaccine skeptic that President Donald Trump has entrusted with his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. 
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“There were a lot of theories, but that makes perfect sense,” Watters claimed, without offering to explain the sense he claimed there was. 
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Watch here:
Jesse Watters: “Why do you wear jeans when you work out.”
RFK Jr: “Well, I just started doing that a long time ago… I would go hiking in the morning and then i’d go straight to the gym.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. explains why he was wearing jeans during the “Pete and Bobby… pic.twitter.com/j5HIIRntGP
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The question came after Kennedy and Fox News personality-turned-Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth challenged Americans to do 50 pullups and 100 pushups in under five minutes. Watch that clip here:
FIRST ON FOX: HHS Secretary RFK Jr. shows up to the DoD for a “Pete and Bobby Challenge” against Secretary Pete Hegseth. pic.twitter.com/jX448xzP6V
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This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
