The governor of Kentucky admitted intentionally infecting his kids with chickenpox — a move that medical experts warn could have deadly results.

In an interview with radio station WKCT, Gov. Matt Bevin said he ensured all his children contracted the highly contagious disease so they’d get sick and become immune to the virus that causes it.

“They got the chickenpox on purpose because we found a neighbor that had it and I went and made sure every one of my kids was exposed to it, and they got it,” Bevin said, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.

“They had it as children. They were miserable for a few days, and they all turned out fine.”

The Republican governor and his wife, Glenna, have nine children, aged 5 to 16, according to his campaign website.

Their eldest child, Brittiney Bevin, died in a 2003 car crash at age 17.

Bevin’s Tuesday revelation came amid mounting controversy over routine vaccinations against childhood diseases that led to a US Senate committee hearing earlier this month — and just days after a recent chickenpox outbreak at a Catholic school in Walton, Kentucky.

During his radio appearance, Bevin said he opposed mandatory vaccinations of kids, saying, “If you are worried about your child getting chickenpox or whatever else, vaccinate your child.”

“But for some people, and for some parents, for some reason they choose otherwise,” he said.

“This is America. The federal government should not be forcing this upon people. They just shouldn’t.”

The US Centers for Disease Control “strongly recommends” against intentionally exposing children to chickenpox and instead advises that kids be vaccinated against the disease.

“Chickenpox can be serious and can lead to severe complications and death, even in healthy children,” according to the CDC website.

Dr. Dennis Clements, a professor of pediatrics and global health at Duke University, also told the Courier-Journal that vaccinations were “much safer” than getting chickenpox.

“It is true that most children exposed to chickenpox will get an illness from which they will recover -— but remember you are talking to the survivors,” he said.

“Those children that were exposed and died have parents that would probably say something else.”