'Karma': Kyle Rittenhouse roasted after spider bite hospitalization
Kyle Rittenhouse speaking with attendees at the 2021 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore)
May 06, 2026
The internet was quick to comment after news that Kyle Rittenhouse was hospitalized on Wednesday following a venomous spider bite.
Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters during a social rights demonstration in 2020, shared two images of himself, with one showing him lying on a hospital bed and the other showing the apparent bite mark on his body.
"The communists couldn't take me out and i'll be damned if I let a brown recluse take me out," Rittenhouse wrote in a post on X. "Disappointed I’m not Spider-Man now…"
People had plenty to say after the announcement.
"Kyle Rittenhouse was bitten by a brown recluse spider. Karma," political commentator Art Candee wrote on X.
"I hope the spider is okay," Catherine Cunningham, PhD, a retired European history teacher, wrote on X.
"According to sources, the Brown Recluse that bit Kyle Rittenhouse has acquired the superpowers of a witless irrelevant incel," comedian Jamison Daniel wrote on X.
"Invermectin and bleach should clear that right up," Irina Ilkiw, a liberal commentator, wrote on X.
"That poor Spider. Hopefully it doesn't catch 'pathetic loser with a insecurity issue' from Kyle," Alleria, a Canadian political commentator, wrote on X.
That poor Spider. Hopefully it doesn't catch "pathetic loser with a insecurity issue" from Kyle.
— Alleria 🇨🇦 Content Creator (@alleria_eh) May 6, 2026