When I was covering the Olivia Nuzzi-Ryan Lizza drama last week, I mentioned this new report about Robert Kennedy Jr. According to Mediaite, three other women associated with Kennedy’s anti-vaxx nonprofit Children’s Health Defense now claim that they’ve been having affairs with Kennedy in the past year. They didn’t know about each other until recently, and they are not going public with their stories right now, although they might at some point. This is on top of Kennedy’s phone-sex/online relationship with Olivia Nuzzi, a 31-year-old Washington reporter. Since all of these stories broke in the past three weeks, Kennedy’s wife has been in the wind. Cheryl Hines was in Europe for some fashion shows and events, then she was in LA and perhaps still is. According to People Mag, Cheryl hasn’t spoken to her husband or the Brain Worm in weeks.
Things continue to be rocky between Cheryl Hines and her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after the former presidential candidate’s alleged “personal relationship” with Olivia Nuzzi.
A source tells PEOPLE that Hines, 59, and Kennedy “have barely spoken” in the two weeks since New York magazine put Nuzzi, 31, on leave after she allegedly “engaged in a personal relationship” with Kennedy, 70.
“She’s embarrassed because he got caught,” the source says of Hines, who has been in Europe since shortly after the news broke.
PEOPLE has reached out to Hines’ rep and Kennedy for comment.
Days before news of the alleged affair broke, Hines was seen having fun at the HBO/Max Primetime Emmy Awards Afterparty at the San Vincente Bungalows in L.A. A source told PEOPLE she “was in good spirits with Jeff Garlin at the Curb Your Enthusiasm table.”
She has not publicly addressed her husband’s alleged extramarital relationship.
Do you feel sorry for Cheryl Hines? I don’t. I don’t wish her harm or anything, but it’s like… what was she even thinking? For ALL of it. Getting involved with Kennedy in the first place, ignoring the brain worm situation, ignoring the anti-vaxx situation, ignoring the bonkers “presidential campaign” and after all of that, he was screwing around on her constantly. How many humiliations can one woman take, all to stay married to the worst Kennedy?
Additionally, Page Six just published exclusive photos of Hines and Kennedy together – you can see them here, she’s not wearing her wedding ring. Sources also told People Mag, in a new piece, that Cheryl has been “very angry” about Kennedy’s dishonesty and “ridiculous behavior from a grown, married man.” One source told People: “She’s been talking about filing for divorce, but he’s begging her not to file.”
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- WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – APRIL 12: Cheryl Hines attends the Los Angeles Season 2 Premiere of the HBO Max Original Series “The Flight Attendant” at Pacific Design Center on April 12, 2022 in West Hollywood, California.,Image: 682766728, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Cheryl Hines, Credit line: Jeffrey Mayer / Avalon
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- KANEOHE, HI – January 18, 2024 : Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cheryl Hines pictured at the Robert F Kennedy Jr. for President Honolulu, HI Voter Rally at Ko olau Ballroom/Convention Center in Kaneohe, HI on January 18, 2024. Copyright: xEr,Image: 838625464, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO/Erik Kabik Photography/ MediaPunch / Avalon
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- KANEOHE, HI – January 18, 2024 : Cheryl Hines pictured at the Robert F Kennedy Jr. for President Honolulu, HI Voter Rally at Ko olau Ballroom/Convention Center in Kaneohe, HI on January 18, 2024. Copyright: xEr,Image: 838625490, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO/Erik Kabik Photography/ MediaPunch / Avalon
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- LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 30: (L-R) Cheryl Hines and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attend the season 12 premiere of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” at Directors Guild Of America on January 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.,Image: 842284433, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Cheryl Hines, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Credit line: Jeffrey Mayer / Avalon
I have a smidgen of compassion for Cheryl Hines (only a smidgen because yikes, why would she stay with him even if he was faithful).
But mainly I am wondering how he found time to juggle that many relationships?? (This is my introvert perspective, lol).
She has control of her own actions going forward. She might not have known about how he neglected his family’s comfort in order to chainsaw the head off a putrid, stinking whale corpse hours away and back, or that he picked up a dead bear as road kill as a 60-year-old and eventually dumped it in Central Park… he clearly was and is a cheater who has always, always put himself first at the expense of others. If confronted with the consequences others have paid for his actions in his past, plus the fact that he supports Trump publicly against her will, and he cheated on her with multiple women is not enough for her to get beyond talking (talking!) of divorcing him? He’s not going to change. And he’s been waving XXL red flags for decades.
So one wrote in another post that Cheryl was the other woman and moved in with RK when his wife Mary lived in the guesthouse. That right there tells me she knew what type of man he was. He seems very proud about he did to the bear so I’m sure he told her all about it.
“She’s embarrassed because he got caught” doesn’t seem like a real comment because it implies that she was ok with cheating as long as nobody found out.
You don’t cheat WITH Kennedy, marry him, and then not be ok with his cheating. She knew what she bought.
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Exactly. She knew what he was and married him anyway. I have zero sympathy for her.
How you get him is how you lose him. He may want to remain in the marriage but this is who he is and she knows it. I
I totally agree with you. A friend of mine has a great variation on that saying. She says, “If they’ll do it WITH YOU, they’ll do it TO YOU.”
Cheryl knows exactly what he is capable of doing.
I like your version!
When a man marries his mistress, he creates a vacancy
Supposedly she was furious when he endorsed Trump so this just looks like more performative outrage which apparently is her brand. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
She was the one that encouraged him to see Trump, after he heard crickets from Harris/Walz.
I don’t feel bad for her. Even if she didn’t know about the more bonkers roadkill eating stories, this man is a notorious well known philanderer. Whose entire family and kids seem to give him a pretty wide berth. Who did some pretty despicable things after the death of one of his wives, and has been saying off the wall things regarding vaccines for years?! If he was saying that stuff in public a decade ago you know good and well he was saying it in private well before then. She was fine with his behavior until she couldn’t look the other way in public and not have people that know her be like what are you doing? This sounds more like people who know me have told me if I want to have a career after this election season is over I need to make it seem very obvious that I’m not down with his nonsense, unfortunately I don’t believe and I don’t think most people believe that this behavior is anything new from him so it just seems performative.
Bitch, you knew who you married. GTFOH.
She’s fine with supporting him following Trump, but not with his infidelity? Apparently if it hurts other people it’s not a problem for her, it’s only a problem when it hurts her personally. Not a good look.
“According to People Mag, Cheryl hasn’t spoken to her husband or the Brain Worm in weeks.” Kaiser, I love your humor! 😂
The best! 😂😂😂
Wasn’t Cheryl the other woman in RFK Jr’s previous marriage? You lose ’em the same qay you find ’em.
@aquarius64 yes that’s Cheryl! This is karma-time for Cheryl. While Cheryl posted a photo of Cheryl, RK & kids at their (RK & Mary) family’s ice cream shop, Mary Kennedy is so depressed by the posting she proceeds to step up on a chair and hang herself. Yeah for Cheryl this is KARMA big time.
To be fair to her, his last wife killed herself because he put her thru hell so she might be frightened
Cheryl was one reason Mary killed herself, so naw.
A big reason for Mary’s misery was Jr’s completely cutting off all money or credit. Mary had to beg for food money from other parents @ the kids’ schools. He left her without a dime & humiliated her beyond imagining. Cheryl had to have known this & gone along with it. How could you let your inamorata’s kids suffer that way?
Maybe. But she did marry the worm knowing that hideously awful fact. His wife’s suicide, the anti-vax sh*t, the bear in Central Park, the affairs, supporting Trump…when do you finally say that the mystique of being married to a Kennedy just isn’t enough?
RFK, Jr has been problematic his entire life. He has been a serial cheater his entire life. His Wikipedia, even without the antivax brainworm lunacy, is cringy. We are in this maga mess because so many (mainly white) women are so desperate for the social approval of being married they will tolerate anything to avoid social stigma of being unmarried. She would not be contemplating divorce if he hadn’t publically embarrassed her with this weird mess. He has had so many wtaf moments before this tawdry mess that I don’t think she deserves kudos for contemplating divorce now. She always had the resources to live independently unlike so many stuck in miserable marriages.
WTF does that guy got? He must eat roadkill to enhance his pheromones. And Cheryl knows exactly who he is and always has been.
I am going to give her a pass. When you are married to someone and suddenly it is different, it is a big shock and you sometimes do not have time to process. You are just reacting and be like I have to support my husband or do something. You are just going with the flow until you come to your senses. As an actress, media, fans and foes alike want reactions that might not be the best in some people’s eyes and no thoughts of the pain she is experiencing or not she is experiencing. I am not a fan but sometimes it is not what it seems. Maybe she will forgive his cheating or.maybe not. That is their business. She already a lot damage to her reputation. She might be lost. Her husband is definitely on the weirdest side of the spectrum
She maybe discovering things she did not know about him hiding under the Kennedy name. Sometimes a fabulous last name is enough for some women. That is too bad if it the case for as she is pretty good on her own and with her own name.
Cheryl was having an affair with him WHILE he was married, and Mary finally committed suicide when she couldn’t deal with his behavior any longer. He left her penniless, living in servants quarters and it drove her over the edge. Cheryl gets no pass, she knew exactly what she was getting into. RFK Jr’s reputation as a serial cheater, hard drug user, anti-vaxxer, etc. goes wayyyy back and it didn’t “suddenly change”, she married him for the cachet of being a Kennedy and it’s coming back to bite her in the butt.
BTW, I actually had to work with him back in 2010 and he was a nightmare — rude, stubborn, arrogant and aggressive. He was the keynote speaker at a conference our organization was holding and he went entirely off-script, ranting about the effects of vaccines when he should have been talking about the benefits of a college education. Horrible man.
I did not know she was cheating with him. I guess the Kennedy name was more important. I guess it is Karma for both.
Can we please stop with the patriarchal nonsense that, if a man cheats, the woman is humiliated? Please? Pretty please?
As to what she was thinking: “She’s embarrassed because he got caught.” That’s it. Frank acknowledgement of our hideous double standards. I don’t know how she thought he wouldn’t eventually get caught, but she did.
Gotta figure she is getting her divorce papers in order, will wait until after the election to file.
She knew exactly what a dirtbag he was when she married him.
Once a cheater always a cheater.
No sympathy from me.
She is angry, is she? Tough!
He drove Mary, the mother of his kids, to suicide.
He was cheating with Cheryl when he was married to Mary.
She is no better than him. Vile both!
P*ss right off.
How much $$ could he possibly have at this point?
Cheryl really thought that Kennedy name was worth it? Fool!
Did he not he sue his last late wife’s brother for the right to bury her, Mary, in the Kennedy family burial plot with lots of publicity about what a good guy he was to then exhume the body a year later to bury it god knows where?
He had the sham family burial to show what a good guy he was, solely for publicity.
He is awful and Cheryl was seeing him and posting pics of being with Mary’s kids when she was still alive. She knows what he is.
Jaded,
You are 100% correct.
I think it was the Enquirer that had photos of RFK, jr. and his children with Mary at the graveside.
He did, in fact, drive Mary to suicide, then used their grieving children as a photo opp.
And later had her body moved.
Think about that. A new level of cruelty to his children and the memory of their Mom.
Zero sympathy to Cheryl. She KNEW exactly what he was, she can not look for sympathy now.
what, what, WHAT? I didn’t know this. What a complete sack of shit he is.
I’m just surprised that he’s not blaming the brainworm for all of the affairs yet.
She’s a fool if she stays with him. God only knows what STDs he may have contracted and he obviously has ni respect for her or their marriage.