Rudy Gobert, the big controversy

Conference finalist last spring, Minnesota is having a complicated start to the season. The Wolves, who did not hesitate to part with Karl-Anthony Towns to recover Julius Randle, have a record that is barely balanced with six victories and six defeats and Rudy Gobert, the mainstay of the franchise, is like his team with an average of 10.8 points and 10.4 rebounds.

But if the tricolor interior is in turmoil, it is not because of its performances on the floors but because of a position taken. The former Choletais did not hesitate to support Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a notorious conspiracy theorist and designated by Donald Trump to become the next Minister of Health. « Let’s go Robert Kennedy
Jr »he wrote on Twitter.

Rudy Gobert joked about Covid at the start of the pandemic

The message sparked very strong reactions. Consequence of the very controversial personality of Robert Kennedy Jr. The latter has indeed been talked about because of his numerous conspiracy theories on Covid and vaccines. He notably made the link between vaccination and autism and asserted that governments had taken advantage of the pandemic to install 5G and allow data collection for the benefit of Bil Gates or Jeff Bezos.

Nephew of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert Kennedy Jr saw social media accounts deleted due to “repeated violations” regarding Covid. He is thus accused of being at the origin, with around ten other conspiracy theorists, of two-thirds of the fake news on Covid.

And Rudy Gobert is all the more in the spotlight because at the start of the pandemic, he did not hesitate to make jokes about precautionary measures before being the first NBA player to test positive for Covid-19 during of the 2020 pandemic.