British provocateur Russell Brand lounged on Kennedy’s other side.The celebrity physician known as Dr. Oz, who faced a Senate hearing Friday on his bid to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity, dodged queries about Republican plans to cut health insurance for the poor, and emerged unscathed on his ties to major industries.

Television host and surgeon Mehmet Oz was grilled during a Senate hearing on his bid to run agency that provides health coverage for 160 million.