Dr. Drew Pinsky told Newsmax on Wednesday that he thinks Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is sicker than he lets on.

"He's a very, very sick man," Pinsky said on "Finnerty." "If it were just simple syncope, he might have been sent home afterwards. But he's still in the hospital."

"The pneumonia itself with sepsis could have caused this, but we've seen him have these episodes where he either falls or he's frozen," Pinsky added.

"This could be cardiac arrhythmias. This could be blood pressure changes. This could be stroke, seizure, a million different things," he said.

"And he has not been forthcoming about what's going on with him," Pinsky continued. "Aren't you tired of the sort of the lies and distortions that we get? That's where fake news comes from."

McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking his silence about his condition after weeks of speculation.

He also released a photograph of himself with his wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, that featured him holding a copy of that day's Washington Post sports section.

The 84-year-old McConnell, who previously served as leader of the Senate Republican caucus, has not voted in the Senate since June.

Amid suspicions the image was fake, The Washington Post determined it was taken on Sunday. An independent digital forensics expert found no evidence that the photo was fake.

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