Newly released diary entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci, published by Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul, reveal the former COVID adviser repeatedly reflecting on his soaring personal fame even as the pandemic death toll climbed into the tens of thousands.
Fauci’s Diary Reveals Fame Obsession as COVID Deaths Mounted
Turns out fame was on Fauci’s mind — even as bodies piled up. According to the New York Post, newly released diary entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci show the former White House COVID adviser fixating on his own celebrity as the pandemic’s death toll soared.
By April 7, 2020, with over 60,000 Americans already dead, Fauci wrote that the “press [was] still hot and heavy” about him, noting multiple stories a day. By May 21, with nearly 98,000 dead, he described his “national and international fame” as “explosive and really unimaginable,” insisting it wasn’t hyperbole.
By late June 2020, as daily cases hit a record 40,000, Fauci mentioned receiving an invitation to appear on “Dancing with the Stars.” He also wrote about growing tension with the Trump White House, claiming his media presence made him “a star that outshines” the president — though he insisted he had no desire to embarrass Trump. He even noted Secret Service guards waved his car through checkpoints without checking ID, recognizing him on sight.
The diaries were released by Sen. Rand Paul, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee and a longtime Fauci critic, just days before Fauci’s subpoenaed testimony before the same committee. Paul argues the entries show a health official preoccupied with image during a national emergency, posting that “Anthony Fauci will answer to the American people.”
Trump adviser Peter Navarro has separately called Fauci the “Dr. Frankenstein of the modern era.” Fauci did not respond to requests for comment.
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