We have long argued that genius comes in any number of forms and that just because someone is capable of operating for nine hours on a cancerous tumor in your baby’s brain, such as Ben Carson, who was one of the world’s leading pediatric neurosurgeons, it doesn’t mean that the genius is a genius in other areas of life.

It is exactly the same with Dr. Mehmet Oz, who – by all accounts, was a star cardiovascular surgeon at Columbia until he and a partner developed a whole-body wellness program on the side, which started with good intentions but quickly became Oz’s vehicle to quackery. As Oz made more and more money, then finally broke into television, his show had no science-based medicine, and he became a snake oil salesman with no more medicinal value than Trump Water.

He also revealed himself to be more than a bit socially awkward, another fact revealed in his self-obsessed run for the United States Senate with Trump’s endorsement. It was almost painful seeing him shooting a gun while saying that people who believe he is “anti-gun” are “dead wrong.” (Nice MAGA touch).

But none of that can compare to the WTF moment that came last night on Sean Hannity’s show when Oz told the audience to pretend that Oz was in bed with them, taking care of whatever they wanted. (Not genius). Take it away, Jezebel:

With the Pennsylvania primary on Tuesday, Trump-endorsed US Senate candidate and noted New Jersey resident Mehmet “Dr. Oz” Oz offered a pretty lewd final pitch to voters: In a Monday interview with Sean Hannity, the controversial celebrity doctor directed voters to imagine him in bed with them. “So, when you go to bed at night, put your head on that soft pillow, you’ll know Oz will be doing exactly what you want him to do if you were there next to him,” he said, causing the entire nation to dry-heave.

Do, what now? (As they say down south.) NO, it’s 100% true, and how about double standards. If AOC had said this…. she would be president, with a lot of MAGA votes.

Oz: When you go to bed at night, put your head on that soft pillow, you’ll know Oz will be doing exactly what you want him to do if you were there next to him pic.twitter.com/M1lkJgqzmU

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 17, 2022

Oh, and sure he had the usual MAGA stuff to spout:

Much of the interview was pretty much what you’d expect of a conversation between Hannity, a man so offended by former President Obama sharing his workout routine that Hannity himself dropped his own mixed martial arts workout as a rebuttal, and Oz, noted green bean coffee drinker. They discussed their mutual support for “firing [White House Chief Medical Advisor Anthony] Fauci,” not “teaching gender studies to first graders… without the parents being there to love them,” and all the usual Trumpian hits. But Oz essentially telling viewers he’s a dirty slut who will do “exactly what you want him to do if you were there next to him” really wasn’t on my Bingo card for this conversation.

But Oz refused to go so far as to say the election was stolen. Oz thinks he has this in the bag and it’s time to head to the center.

Dr. Oz on Trump’s 2020 election loss: “I want to be careful” about using the words ‘rigged’ and ‘stolen.’ pic.twitter.com/em2ddG3lwZ

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) May 17, 2022

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[email protected], @JasonMiciak, with Nicole Hickman