♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is "nightline." >> tonight, body baggage. >> oh, no, honey, you're getting a little fluffy. gluten-free is better. >> byron: the tiktok videos for single moms and have uncomfortable conversations. >> things hurt her that i never knew hurt her. >> celebrities like gwyneth paltrow defending diets after this went viral. >> tonight i tried to eat according to paley l. >> i am the beauty standard. >> should there be limits? >> there asking to celebrate

obesity. i'm never going to do it because it kills people. >> plus robert f. kennedy jr. one-on-one with the mughal dynasty now running for president. the opposition close to home. >> you're not able to get your own sisters to vote for you for president, how do you make the appeal to voters? >> with your family like when you agree with everything you say? >> is the controversial activist a serious contender? jerry springer, remembering the host of one of the wildest talk shows ever. how it became a culture phenomenon. >> if my mom were still alive, i would never do the show. >> "nightline" will be right back.

>> good evening, thank you for joining us. we begin tonight with the allman mom videos with diet culture and conforming baggage. celebrities like gwyneth and lizzo at the center. many asking what's the best way to raise girls healthy relationship with food. here's abcs deborah roberts. >> i'm going to do a three to one timer and soon as you hear that, press play. >> reporter: making tiktok

magic. >> i need something in my hand to not be awkward. all have an apple. perfect. are you ready? >> stay at stay-at-home orators. >> i'm sorry, does that mean my jam is close? >> reporter: spoofing parents obsessed with their own waistlines and resonating. >> looks like we went for a wa walk. >> are you drinking soda? >> reporter: the by then comments many of us have heard or said. >> you kids act like we are starving you at home. >> reporter: what exactly is a almond moms? >> a almond moms is a mom that's a little bit bought into diet culture and a little bit of an obsession with healthy eating with her body image and her daughter's body image but it tends to veer on the side of overdoing it. >> mommy has the same diet as a reindeer. >> reporter: those so-called almond mom hashtag took off on

tiktok after this 10-year-old clip from "the real housewives of beverly hills" resurfaced. featuring a young gigi hadid and her mommy. >> i'm feeling really weak. >> couple allman's. >> reporter: telling "people" magazine that the clip was taken out of context calling it such a silly narrative that is out there that has nothing to do with the reality of our lives. still, those videos keep coming and the allman mom hashtag with more than 300 million views and counting. >> how do you even ■havethis much stuff? >> i think any conversation including almond mom conversation helps progress in some way and if we can get in those rooms where they are as individuals who've never heard the diet culture is toxic, it's a win. >> the whole expression nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. every soul's body is important,

no matter what size it is. it's an absolute right for me to feel good of my body. >> body positivity should be at the heart of anyone's positive transformation and healthy journey because it has to start with self-love. now, w where body positivit the potential to become detrimental is that no, girl, you're a good beer >> you're asking me to celebrate obesity, i'm never going to do it. if because it kills people. >> what did you think when you saw these little videos. >> truly the dietitian and as a mom it made me sad so my question is, is this me reading a generation of people who have a really disordered relationship with food? >> reporter: most recently the debate centered on some women see as the mother of all almond mom, gwyneth paltrow.

>> what does your wellness routine look like? >> reporter: she talked about the art of being well podcast beer >> i eat something about 12. i like soup for lunch and i have bone broth for lunch a lot. >> reporter: the den of criticism becoming a roar and taking to instagram to respond. >> i think it's important for everybody to know that i was doing a podcast with my doctor so it's not meant to be advice for anybody else. by the way, i eat far more than bone broth and vegetables. >> reporter: in a society where roughly 2 of 3 adults are overweight or obese, and disordered meetings on the 30 million americans will have a eating disorder in their lives. at this be a trend is helping mom and daughters have uncomfortable conversations. >> which one did you recognize yourself? >> >> hi, ladies, i'm sorry i'm late i just had to hit spin

class and i had to earn this food. >> are some a mirror for you and you literally see yourself? >> yes. yeah. but as i talk to my friends, a lot of them see themselves too and that starts conversations. >> reporter: is does it all for you? >> i think things that i said that i didn't know hurt her beard that was never my intent, you want to be healthy and happy and you provide the pathway you think is best. >> reporter: tyler's mom sarah doesn't consider herself and almond mom but says the videos have helped to them both look within. it was do? >> i think that there is a way when families are trying to shift how they interact with food to be consistent in the offerings. without saying this is better for you, if you eat this broccoli, you can then have ca

cake. >> are these almond mom to necessarily bad people as they are trying to help their kids with their nutrition? >> absolutely not, no. you see interactions with foods passed on. somewhere along the line, grandma says we don't eat this, mom says we do not eat that. kids like we do not need that so 100% there is baggage that gets passed on through generations. >> the mom of three knows how hard it can be to build a healthy relationship with food. >> i went to college, there's almond mom all over, moms locking the girls refrigerator and putting water on their food and trying to make sure i was skinny as possible. i just saw that once i started to restrict myself, that's when i started to lose control. >> its snack time so what do we do before we each? we do, right? >> candace and her husband brought in a dietitian and

nutritionist, caitlin curie. >> is colette tried to tell us right now that she's done? and she trying to tell us something? >> are you all done? one of the mantras i like to employee with my family that all foods fit. giving the child the freedom to control what goes in their body and how much is so important. >> i'm going to open a couple of these for whoever wants them. >> she stresses the importance of intuitive eating. >> i often encourage them to look toward intuitive eating which is essentially having them paying attention to their bodies cues for hunger and fullness. what did you have at the diner today? >> mac and cheese. >> we're always saying what is your belly saying? are you full or hungry? we want to raise confident girls who trust how they feel. i want to think at this point i have a healthy relationship with food and a big part of that is because i had these three girls and i know that the best way to

teach them is by showing them how i act and leading by exam example. >> reporter: for tyler, she still is churning out those viral videos hoping they make a difference. >> i'd love to see more women moved toward just feeling good about themselves. hopefully, it repairs some people's relationships with themselves, their mothers, the relationship with diets. >> byron: our thanks to deborah. for more on #almondmoms, watch impact by "nightline" now streaming on hulu. coming up, rfk jr., controversial activist with the famous last name. now running for president.

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♪ ♪ >> byron: now, robert f. kennedy jr., the controversial activist now not buch a pollwing 19% of likely democratic voters say they've like to see rfk jr. win the nomination. here is abcs linsey davis. >> tell us, why did you decide to run for president? >> i feel like my country is being taken away from me. i feel like i wanted my children to grow up with the same pride in our country and the same love for our country that we had you no, communities that are filled with dignity and enrichment and exemplary nation.

and that those things are being lost. >> you never held a political position before. obviously, you've been environmental law for more than three decades, but what do you feel qualifies you for the highest position in the world? >> i think i know more to fix regulatory agencies than any other politician in this country wh y s, you get a idea of how to work and unravel the culture of corporate capture and corruption. there are ways we can fix these agencies and we can do it very quickly. >> how would you do that? you've been critical on multiple government agencies, the d.o.t., cia, cdc. if you become president, you would effectively be the boss of all the agencies that you have cast so many aspersions on and said publicly that there is so much distress they are.

>> i think 90% of the people in those agencies are good americans, good public servants. they are patriots, idealistic, they want to do their job. the problem is the people that rise to power in the agencies usually are the people who are in the tank within willing to carry the industry and they are the ones that last for 50 years. they rise because they are willing to do favorites and take directions from the industry. >> why do you feel you should challenge joe biden? >> he's friends with my family, i consider him as a friend. i don't believe we should be the party of war, we should not be the party of wall street, i don't believe that we should whet neocons dictate our foreign policy and i don't believe for starters, those are all values that are traditional democratic party values. that's the white house that's a party from here >> you made the

announcement that you're running for president, you invoke your dog when he's running for president back in 1968. >> he was running against a president of his own party. my father, when he declared not a single molecule and him that he didn't believe he could win the democratic nomination. >> do you have a single molecule you believe you can win? >> i actually think i can win. but i'm going to try, i'm going to wake up every day and i'm going to campaign and talk to americans and i'm going to do when i'm supposed to do. you know, it is in god's hands. >> what do you think is the fairest criticism? >> i've have as many defects as i am more assets. i've so many skeletons in my closet. i'm not a guy who's coming to you and saying i'm a perfect

human being. i'm not, i'm coming here because i leave in something and i know that if i believe in something, that number one you can change my mind and confront me with facts. number two, if you do not change my mind with facts, i'm going to stick to my guns and nobody can move me the area >> you said in the past there's a correlation between vaccines leading to autism that's totally been debugged. >> wait a minute, who debunked it? >> those organizations are captive agencies! >> your a >> they called you dangerous as you're well aware, your niece who wrote the political article back in 2019 helped spread dangerous misinformation for social media and complicit in the distrust of science behind the scenes. if the stand behind the fight to protect the environment however the vaccines is wrong.

your sister has said i admire his past work on his environmentalist and because of him, we can swim in the hudson but due to a wide range of supporting president biden. and curious if you're not able to get your own sisters to vote for you for president, how do you make the appeal to american voters? >> what is your family like? do they agree with everything you say? >> they'd probably vote for me if i ran for president. >> i've a big family and many will probably not. i've got two siblings who came to my announcement and a lot of other relatives as well. i love my family, we grew up arguing with each other and we are a very, very i think comfortable disagreeing with each other both publicly and privately on issues. at the same time, loving each other and i think that's something we -- as a lesson we ought to learn for this country appear >> your final pitch to voters? >> we have to look at what's happening to our

country. we have to try to rest. this emergence of corporatism that corrupt merger of state and corporate power that's undermining our values, stripmining our landscapes. that is stealing the assets of the middle class of this country. let's try to make a new path that will allow us to give our children a country that is once again a moral, authority ground around the globe and an exemplary nation, and that has a blooming middle class in this country that can sustain democracy. >> byron: our thing to lindsey. we should note that during the conversation, kennedy made false claims of the relationship with autism and vaccines. we did not include extensive portions of that interview. research shows accents do not cause autism including studies by the american society of pediatrics and others.

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and finally tonight, remembering the former politician turned daytime talk show host who had millions screaming his name. this is it. jerry springer had a gift for nearly three decades day after day, he spun raunchy, tasteless, downright trashy reality tv into ratings gold your face right now.

height of its popularity, springer's show brought in 12 million viewers becoming a cultural phenomenon jerry ask than you do. , outrageous family fused trying to build a future for us. what? why would you ruin that? you don't deserve him. mastering the art of airing dirty laundry all the world to see talking about cheating on you. and i know the guy that she's cheating on you with who it's me, bro. jerry springer started off in politics and bobby kennedy's presidential campaign, then went on to the cincinnati city council, eventually becoming mayor. but he will always be remembered for his namesake show, jerry, we have one last special treat just for you.

mom was still alive. i never would do this show. my mom was very proper. and you know this. i just wouldn't i? no, i just wouldn't have done it in an interview of nightline in 2011. springer defended the people on his show, saying there are no different than any of us can go into any neighborhood in america. any neighborhood in america. and find the exact same stories. jerry springer was 79. that's nightline for this evening and catch our full episodes on hulu will see you right back here tomorrow.