Cheryl Hines is reportedly dodging questions about her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s explosive sexting scandal.
Last week, the 70-year-old former presidential candidate’s alleged affair with New York Magazine political reporter Olivia Nuzzi, 31, was exposed.
The two met in 2023 when Nuzzi — who has since been put on leave amid the fallout — visited the $7million California home Kennedy shares with Hines to write a profile on him.
Kennedy denied having an inappropriate ‘personal relationship’ with Nuzzi and insists he’s only met her ‘once in his life.’
Hines has since been spotted without her wedding ring and RFK Jr. was noticeably absent from her 59th birthday celebration in Milan over the weekend.
And now, Puck has reported that Hines refused to discuss the scandal while attending a Milan Fashion Week show on Saturday.
Cheryl Hines is reportedly dodging questions about her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s explosive sexting scandal; seen in February 2024
When asked about the allegations at the Bally runway show, Hines ‘politely declined to comment.’
Despite the drama in her personal life, Puck reporter Lauren Sherman described Hines as looking ‘all fresh and clean’ at the fashion show.
‘Being out and about, and looking great, while your world implodes is an oft-used, and oft-effective tactic,’ Sherman added.
Hines’ MFW sighting comes days after she celebrated her 59th birthday alongside her daughter Catherine Rose Young, 20, and stepdaughter Kyra LeMoyne Kennedy, 29, in Milan on Saturday night.
RFK Jr. was a noticeable no-show and Hines was also spotted without her large diamond wedding ring on over the same weekend.
She and Kennedy wed back in August 2014 after three years of dating.
The Curb Your Enthusiasm actress shared precious moments from her birthday dinner via Instagram.
Dressed in a white lace turtleneck top and black pants, she captioned the photo of herself with her daughters: ‘Me & my girls’, while RFK was nowhere in sight.
He also skipped his niece Grace Kennedy Allen’s wedding party over the weekend amid his affair scandal.
Meanwhile, New York Magazine placed Nuzzi on leave after details of the affair emerged.
Nuzzi admitted in a statement to DailyMail.com that ‘the nature of some communication between myself and a former reporting subject turned personal’, but she claimed the relationship was never physical.
Last week, the 70-year-old former presidential candidate’s alleged affair with New York Magazine political reporter Olivia Nuzzi (seen in April 2023) was exposed
Since the news broke, Hines has been spotted without her wedding ring and RFK Jr. was noticeably absent from her 59th birthday bash over the weekend; seen in 2018
Days later, a 2015 tweet she wrote came back to haunt her – as eagle-eyed social media users unearthed a post she made asking: ‘Why does Hollywood think female reporters sleep with their sources?’ alongside a link to a NYMag story.
Nuzzi’s relations with the political heavyweight began when she visited his $7 million California home to write a feature article last year.
RFK Jr. has insisted he only met the political journalist on this one occasion.
‘Mr. Kennedy only met Olivia Nuzzi once in his life for an interview she requested, which yielded a hit piece,’ his spokesman told CNN.
A source added that the nature of the relationship was ’emotional and digital in nature, not physical’.
But insiders told the New York Post the pair had engaged in ‘sexting’ despite RFK Jr. being married and Nuzzi being engaged at the time.
‘Earlier this year, the nature of some communication between myself and a former reporting subject turned personal,’ Nuzzi said.
‘During that time, I did not directly report on the subject nor use them as a source,’ she said.
‘The relationship was never physical but should have been disclosed to prevent the appearance of a conflict. I deeply regret not doing so immediately and apologize to those I’ve disappointed, especially my colleagues at New York.’
New York magazine acknowledged an inappropriate relationship in a statement about Nuzzi’s hiatus, deeming it ‘a violation of the magazine’s standards around conflicts of interest and disclosures’.
‘Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign,’ the statement read. ‘An internal review of her published work has found no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias.
‘She is currently on leave from the magazine, and the magazine is conducting a more thorough third-party review. We regret this violation of our readers’ trust.’
And now, Puck has reported that Hines refused to address the scandal while attending a Milan Fashion Week show on Saturday; seen on September 15
Hines’ MFW sighting comes days after she celebrated her 59th birthday alongside her daughter Catherine Rose Young, 20, and stepdaughter Kyra LeMoyne Kennedy, 29, in Milan on Saturday night.
The Curb Your Enthusiasm actress shared precious moments from her birthday via Instagram
RFK Jr. surfaced for the first time since the scandal broke as he appeared at an event on Capitol Hill on Monday (pictured), where he posed for photos with prominent Republican lawmakers
RFK Jr. surfaced for the first time since the scandal broke as he appeared at an event on Capitol Hill on Monday, where he posed for photos with prominent Republican lawmakers.
Ahead of the Monday event, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie shared a picture with Kennedy, noting that they had dined together Sunday night.
Fellow Republicans, Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Chip Roy, also shared snaps with Kennedy, while Sen. Ron Johnson had him appear on a panel discussion entitled: ‘American Health and Nutrition: A Second Opinion.’
The tour of Washington comes as Kennedy is reportedly considering suing Nuzzi over the pornographic content she sent to him.
Jessica Read Kraus, who writes the popular House Inhabit Substack, wrote Saturday that Kennedy is exploring his legal options after Nuzzi allegedly ‘bombarded him with increasingly pornographic photos and videos.’
