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Cheryl Hines is finally addressing her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s alleged sexting scandal with political journalist Olivia Nuzzi, and her reaction is as measured as it is cutting.
In a preview from The Katie Miller Podcast obtained by Politico Playbook, the Curb Your Enthusiasm actress recalled how she first learned of the affair, which reportedly occurred while Nuzzi covered Kennedy's 2024 presidential campaign for New York Magazine.
"Bobby had been running for president and it was an exhausting year and a half of headlines and rumors and articles and chaos," Hines said. "And at that time, I thought, 'Okay, this is more chaos and more rumors.' And, um, it was a lot."
Nuzzi, 32, was placed on leave following the controversy but has since resurfaced at Vanity Fair with a forthcoming tell-all memoir chronicling the alleged "digital relationship." The journalist admitted to PEOPLE last year that her communications with Kennedy "turned personal" but maintained that the relationship "was never physical."
Now, with the book's release looming, Hines, 60, is pushing back, gently but unmistakably. "I think you always have to consider the source, right? So that's where I start," she said. "And then it ends with a conversation with Bobby."
Pressed about Nuzzi's motives, Hines added pointedly, "They spend a lot of time figuring out how to write something that's going to get people's attention. Whether it's true or false doesn't matter, if it gets people's attention, it's a success."
Hines and Kennedy, who married in 2014, have endured a turbulent few years marked by political controversy and relentless media scrutiny. Yet the actress remains publicly loyal, emphasizing discernment over drama.
The saga, however, is far from over. Early copies of Nuzzi's memoir are already circulating among media insiders, promising to reignite questions about privacy, power, and ethics in political journalism.
