Yes, Stephen Colbert had plenty to say about RFK Jr.'s brain worm

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. dropped quite the bombshell on May 8th. The prospective politician revealed that he previously suffered from a condition called Parelaphostrongylus tenuis, which is commonly referred to as a "brain worm."

RFK Jr. claims that the parasitic worm ate a portion of his brain, which, understandably, has concerned a great many people who were considering voting for him as our next president. It's a bizarre development in RFK Jr.'s campaign, and one that's tailor made for commentary by late night hosts like Stephen Colbert.

Colbert opened his show with the RFK Jr. story

True to form, Colbert touched on the topic during the monologue of the latest Late Show. The host hit a few talking points about Kristi Noem (every host's favorite topic, at the moment), but the focus was on Kennedy and his unique medical ailment from the start.

"Enough of the chit chat," Colbert told the audience. "RFK Jr. said a worm ate a part of his brain... This explains everything." An obvious joke, but one that got a huge laugh from the Late Show audience. He went on to add a twist to the joke, however, by stating that this revelation also explains, well, nothing.

"Having a worm eat part of your brain might explain why he says stuff like this..." before cutting a clip of RFK Jr. listing all the prominent, white collar criminals he's been friends with over the years. "I knew Harvey Weinstein, I knew Roger Ailes, I knew... OJ Simpson came to my house. Bill Cosby came to my house."

Colbert claimed the "brain work" explained RFK's campaign

"Worm ate my brain," Colbert reaffirmed as a mocking excuse. "Everybody in."

RFK, Jr. is currently running as an independent candidate against Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden. He claimed his brain worm experience occurred over a decade ago, and is confident that he can still outmaneuver his two opponents.

He's so confident, in fact, that he made a joke about his brain worm on X (formerly Twitter). He claims he could beat Trump and Biden in a debate even if he had "more worms" in his brain. "I offer to eat 5 more brain worms and still beat President Trump and President Biden in a debate," he tweeted . "I feel confident of the result even with a six-worm handicap," he said in a subsequent post.

It's a bold angle to take, and people like Colbert are helping to make this abundantly clear.