Holly Robinson Peete isn’t afraid to speak her mind — especially in defense of people with autism.

“We’ve made so many strides in the autism community and just really normalizing diversity and neurodiversity. And then here comes a guy in the ‘health and human services’ to tell us all the things our kids will never do, the ‘never’ day all over again for us,” Peete, 62, exclusively told Us on Saturday, November 7, while hosting her HollyRod Foundation’s DesignCare 2026 Gala sponsored by American Airlines, referring to presidential hopeful-turned-U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

“So it feels good to be able to speak out,” Peete, who stunned in a Frederick Anderson ensemble for the event, continued. “I’m a bit of a gangster mom. I want to support. We are always going to. We are ride or die for our kids. That’s it.”

Peete publicly condemned RFK Jr.’s April 2025 comments in which he made several erroneous and false claims about children who have been diagnosed with autism.

“This is an individual tragedy as well,” the once-Democratic candidate for president claimed at the time. “Autism destroys families. More importantly, it destroys our greatest resource, which is our children. These are children who should not be suffering like this. These are kids who, many of them were fully functional and regressed because of some environmental exposure into autism when they’re 2 years old. These are kids who will never pay taxes, they’ll never hold a job,...

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