“Arrested Development” star David Cross thinks there are loads of similarities between his TV character Tobias Fünke and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
In a latest interview on The Daily Beast’s “Obsessed: The Podcast,” the actor, 62, joked that he thinks RFK Jr. suffers from “never ****” syndrome similar to his character within the sitcom.
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The syndrome is predicated on an actual psychological situation referred to as gymnophobia, which is described as an intense, irrational worry or nervousness concerning ******.
“I think a guy who works out in his jeans is weird. That’s weird,” Cross mentioned, referring to the highest Trump official’s weird behavior of sporting denims whereas working up a sweat. “He’s already weird. He was weird way before he entered public office.”
In February, the Trump loyalist went viral after filming himself taking a chilly plunge and biking in a sauna — all whereas clad in his trademark denims — alongside a shirtless Kid Rock for a video that Kennedy, 72, mentioned was supposed to encourage Americans to work out extra.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr and actor David Cross in “Arrested Development.” The Daily Beast
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“The thing you have to remember is, Tobias Fünke is deeply disturbed and deluded, and not especially bright. So in that way, sure, it’s relatable,” Cross mentioned throughout the Apr. 17 episode of the podcast.
Cross made the comparability after host Matt Wilstein introduced up a theory that’s been circulating on-line that Kennedy may “secretly [be] a ‘never ****’ like Tobias.”
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In “Arrested Development,” Tobias, as a “never ****,” wears denim cutoffs continually, even below different garments or when he’s within the bathe.
Last month, Kennedy gave a prolonged rationalization about why he wears denims even throughout strenuous actions like mountaineering after being mocked on-line.
“I just had a busy schedule always, so I would go hiking with my dogs in the morning and then I would go straight to the gym in my jeans, and it was just a convenience to work out. And then when I was campaigning, a couple of people took pictures of me in the gym wearing jeans, and, I don’t know. Then I just got in too deep,” he mentioned throughout a Mar. 23 episode of “The Bossticks” podcast.
Watch Cross’ look on “Obsessed: The Podcast” under.
