The Centers for Disease Control is a total “clown show,” and people need to trust the advice of their local doctors instead … so says a respected pediatrician.

Dr. Paul Offit joined us on “TMZ Live” Friday to talk after the Centers for Disease Control vaccine advisory committee voted to remove the recommendation that all newborns get the hepatitis B vaccine.

Offit says he is outraged by the CDC’s vote … claiming more infants and toddlers will suffer from the disease because of the new, uninformed recommendation.

He calls it difficult to watch “this clown show, this parody of a public health agency act the way that they do.” He adds he and his colleagues are standing back, horrified at the changes being made.

Offit says there’s still hope that people will take the vaccine even if the CDC’s no longer recommending it universally … telling us he thinks people will listen to their trusted doctors whom they talk to all the time — not Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or other health officials they’ve never met.

Worth noting … Republican Senator Bill Cassidy — who worked as a liver specialist in Louisiana for many years — has already bashed the change. He’s urging acting CDC Director Jim O’Neill not to sign it.

Tekashi 6ix9ine just caught a huge break at his sentencing on Friday!!! Feds had been pushing for the rainbow-haired rapper to get prison time for various probation violations, and the judge agreed — to just 3 months!!!

The judge labeled Tekashi a “dumpster fire” during his sentencing in federal court in NYC on Friday and explained the violation requires prison time no matter what, but opted not to throw the book at him.

He now has a report date of January 6, 2026.

The rapper had previously fessed up to possessing coke and ex — in addition to pleading guilty to assaulting a man in a mall who called him a “snitch” to his face!!!

6ix9ine has been on probation since coming home in 2020 after his highly profiled racketeering case involving the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, where he testified against them after claiming they double-crossed him.

The stepbrother of Anna Kepner — the teen girl who tragically died on the Carnival Horizon last month — has been sent to live with relatives as the FBI investigates him in connection with Anna’s death.

According to People, Anna’s stepmother, Shauntel Kepner, who is the 16-year-old boy’s biological mother, made the decision along with her husband — Anna’s biological father — Christopher Kepner. The move was intended to remove any risk of danger to the other children in their home.

Shauntel reportedly revealed this information Friday during a custody hearing. The court appearance stemmed from Shantel’s ex-husband, Thomas Hudson, reportedly filing an emergency custody motion requesting that a judge grant him custody of their youngest daughter, who lives with Shauntel and Christopher.

Thomas’s motion was possibly out of concern the stepbrother might harm the daughter he shares with Shauntel.

Remember … Anna was found in a room she was sharing with her stepbrother, asphyxiated from a choke hold. While the FBI is investigating the stepbrother, no charges have been filed and officials have not named a suspect.

Anna was reportedly found by a cabin steward on November 8 — wrapped in a blanket and tucked under a bed — during a Caribbean cruise with her family.