Close friends of Cheryl Hines previously warned the Curb Your Enthusiasm actress against marrying philandererâand failed presidential candidateâ Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
They were reportedly âmystifiedâ that she chose to wed the notorious Kennedy scion who, it has now been revealed, had an affair with political reporter Olivia Nuzzi in 2014.
In his revealing 2015 biography RFK Jr.: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Dark Side of the Dream, author Jerry Oppenheimer wrote of his subject: âAny woman who gets involved with Bobby does so with her eyes open, or their brains lopped off. Any woman who thinks theyâre going to change Bobby is misguided and purposefully ignorant.â
Oppenheimer, a close friend of Kennedy who attended his Massachusetts wedding to Hines, pulled no punches, and wrote that a guest at the nuptials âwas mystified as to why Hines married Bob, since his history as a womanizer had become so public and was intertwined in scandal.â
The author added: âWomen have to understand what theyâre getting into when theyâre with him. You can hate it, you can make excuses for it, you can do whatever you want to do, it doesnât change the fact that he has a long history of doing certain things.â
Even before the nuptials, Kennedy was accused of cheating with socialite Chelsea Chapman Kirwan.
Kennedy has six children. His first wife was Emily Ruth Black. His second, Mary Richardson, died by suicide in 2012. It was reported that she kept a journal listing all of his dalliances with other women.

(L-R) Cat Young, Cheryl Hines, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a guest, Giulia Be and Conor Kennedy in Jan. 2024.
Axelle/Bauer-GriffinHines, 58, shares a daughter, Catherine, 20, with ex-husband Paul Young.
Oppenheimerâs book relates how Hinesâs Curb creator and star Larry David reportedly told Kennedy: âNothing you do will ever rattle her.â
Prophetic words, indeed. Now it remains to be seen how Hines will react amid the latest report of Kennedy cheating.