What a time to be Cheryl Hines. The previous Curb Your Enthusiasm actor has had a wildly eventful previous few months: Her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ran and subsequently shelved a presidential marketing campaign, was credibly accused of sexually assaulting his youngsters’s former babysitter, to which his on-the-record response was a shrugging “I’m not a church boy,” weathered a high-profile sexting scandal with political reporter Olivia Nuzzi, to not point out every kind of disturbing stuff involving creatures of sea, air, and land (lifeless bears, decapitated whales, mind worms, offended emus, pet ravens, and a charred animal carcass of contentious origin), and now he’s been introduced as Donald Trump’s nominee to go the Division of Well being and Human Providers.
For her half, Hines noticed the ultimate season of Curb air earlier this yr, and he or she continues to be very enthusiastic concerning the plastic-free skincare and well being line that she launched together with her daughter in 2023. A political spouse exhausted by the grueling calls for of the marketing campaign path? Not right here!
A have a look at Hines’ public-facing presence ignores Kennedy’s marketing campaign nearly totally in favor of content material round Curb and Hines’ different publicity outings and podcast appearances; the actor shares photographs of herself grinning with tubs of Hines+Younger moisturizer extra typically than together with her husband of 10 years. In contrast to the stereotypical political partner, Hines isn’t standing behind her husband onstage, her beatific smile seen over his shoulder from the viewers. She barely acknowledges the person exists, regardless of Kennedy telling the New York Times in 2023, shortly after he launched his presidential marketing campaign, that “I feel finally if I get elected, Cheryl can have performed an enormous function in that.” He continued, “She’s an infinite asset to me, and I don’t assume we’ve actually unveiled her in her true energy but.”
Hines appears to have sidestepped that imagined function from the very starting, opting out of unveiling that energy. In an interview for a similar article, she advised the Occasions, “I assist Bobby and I need to be there for him, and I would like him to really feel liked and supported by me. And on the similar time, I don’t really feel the necessity to go to each political occasion, as a result of I do have my very own profession.”
These “desires” are actually working additional time, aren’t they?
Kennedy introduced his intention to run for president on April 19, 2023. On April 22, 2023, Hines announced that #earthdayiseveryday. A couple of weeks later, on May 23, she simply couldn’t comprise herself about “some of the thrilling days of my life”: Attending to share the information that she and her daughter had been engaged on that skincare line.
Her spokesperson did launch a decidedly tepid statement the identical day as Kennedy’s announcement to shops who requested: “My husband, Robert Kennedy Jr. introduced at present he will probably be operating for President and I assist his choice,” the launched assertion learn. “He’s a fearless chief who understands the wants of the American individuals and has devoted his life combating for democracy.” The vibe is that of the mother on the grocery retailer who tells you that her little one dressed himself and that he is all the time been “very inventive.” Lots to say, it might appear, that continues to be unsaid. On Hines’ personal accounts, nada.
Cheryl Hines and her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on March 26, 2024 in Oakland, California.Justin Sullivan/Getty Photos
Her Instagram is naked of any images of marketing campaign rallies, although she did attend some, and even mentions of Kennedy’s run or live-wire political profile, as is her X (previously Twitter) account, save for a single tweet on August 23 acknowledging that the marketing campaign was over, a surprise of passive voice and distancing oneself.
