Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared with his wife, Jeanette, on the Katie Miller Podcast on Tuesday, August 13, 2026. During the interview, podcast host Katie Miller asked Rubio about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s reported diet consisting of "red meat and fermented vegetables."

Rubio jokingly dismissed the diet as unsustainable, saying, "This is a diet that consists of eating sauerkraut and meat. Now you understand, like, this is not a sustainable thing ... He has to travel with coolers of sauerkraut! I'm not going to travel the world with a cooler full of sauerkraut. It's ridiculous. I can't do it."

While Rubio expressed support for Kennedy's "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement, his wife pushed back, claiming that Rubio himself eats Pop-Tarts. Rubio then praised Pop-Tarts, calling them "one of the great American innovations in the history of the world," highlighting their "beautiful foil package."

Rubio also noted that Kennedy "eats all the things you should not be eating. Like every single thing."

Rubio has been considered a potential 2028 presidential candidate to succeed President Donald Trump. He was also the subject of a viral internet meme showing him sitting on an Oval Office couch during Trump's 2025 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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