"And now, all these years later, that same Cheryl Hines feels almost unrecognizable. Because this week, she endured what might be the most uncomfortable book launch press tour in Hollywood history. It was a parade of public reckonings over her marriage to her husband, the brain-wormed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Related: "Pre-Gay" Kid Featured on Curb Your Enthusiasm , Hines found herself sparring with the hosts over her husband's dangerous and bizarre health policies."
"They grilled her on whether she agreed with his anti-vaccine stances and all his wild-eyed conspiracy theories. Watching that segment with her trying to seem like a loving wife to a nutcase while still having her senses about her was excruciating. She kept smiling, forced as it could be, and she tried deflecting, insisting she was "her own person," but I'm sorry, it's hard for me to reconcile"
About 17 years ago a person joined a social network and accepted a friend request from a high-school acquaintance. They were barely acquaintances but exchanged a few messages and bonded because he lived in Los Angeles and was openly gay. He seemed happy and in love until his partner died by suicide and he died not long after. His profile featured many joyful photos with Cheryl Hines, which deepened admiration for her. Years later Hines endured a tense book tour dominated by scrutiny over her marriage to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Interviewers pressed her on his anti-vaccine stances and conspiracy theories. She smiled, deflected, and insisted she was "her own person," while the contrast between her earlier perceived kindness and her current association with RFK Jr. proved hard to reconcile.
Read at Advocate.com
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