Cheryl Hines Straddles Dual Roles as Actress and Wife to Presidential Candidate RFK Jr.

Cheryl Hines Straddles Dual Roles as Actress and Wife to Presidential Candidate RFK Jr.
Robert F Kennedy Jr., with his wife Cheryl Hines, waves to supporters during a campaign event to launch his 2024 presidential bid, at the Boston Park Plaza in Boston, Mass., on April 19, 2023. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
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As Robert Kennedy Jr. makes the campaign rounds, his actress wife Cheryl Hines finds herself cast in a role she never dreamed of tackling—that of a wife of a presidential candidate whose views don’t necessarily match those of her husband’s.

That was the main takeaway from a recent New York Times article where the Hollywood actress opened up about everything from handling her husband’s run for the highest office in the land to her dismay at how his comments regarding vaccines or Big Pharma have been misconstrued.
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