Cheryl Hines Tells RFK Jr. Late Mother Ethel ‘Was Very Proud of You’

Cheryl Hines is sharing her help and condolences for husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after his mom died.

Kennedy, 70, posted a prolonged Instagram tribute to his mom, Ethel, who died earlier this week at age 96. Hines, 59, responded within the feedback part.

“That is lovely,” Hines wrote on Thursday, October 10. “Your mom was very happy with you. 🤍”

Information broke earlier on Thursday that Ethel, who was the widow of Robert Kennedy Sr., died following issues of a stroke. Ethel and Robert Sr. shared 11 kids: Kerry, Kathleen, Joseph, Robert Jr., Michael, Christopher, Max, Douglas and Rory. The late activist can be survived by 34 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.

“[God] blessed her with a wealthy and eventful life,” Robert Jr. wrote in his Thursday tribute. “At the same time as she declined in latest months, she by no means misplaced her sense of enjoyable, her humor, her spark, her spunk and her joie de vivre. She wrung pleasure from each second, however for 56 years, she has spoken with craving for the day she would reunite together with her beloved husband. She is with him now, with my brothers David and Michael, together with her mother and father, her six siblings and her ‘adopted’ Kennedy siblings.”

Robert Jr. continued, “Amongst her most defining qualities have been ethical and bodily fearlessness. … My mom invented powerful love, and he or she may very well be laborious on her kids after we didn’t reside as much as her expectations. However she was additionally intensely loyal and we all the time knew that she would stand fiercely behind us after we got here beneath assault by others. She was our function mannequin for self-discipline, for resilience and for self-confidence.”

Robert Jr. has been married to Hines, an actress greatest recognized for her function on Curb Your Enthusiasm, since 2014 following their respective divorces. A decade later, Robert Jr. was accused of getting an inappropriate “private relationship” with a journalist.

Information broke in September that New York Journal had positioned Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi on go away after she allegedly didn’t disclose her relationship with Kennedy. (Nuzzi beforehand profiled him for the journal.)

“She is at present on go away from the journal, and the journal is conducting a extra thorough third-party evaluation. We remorse this violation of our readers’ belief,” the journal’s assertion, partly, learn.

Neither New York Journal nor Nuzzi publicly named Robert Jr. within the assertion, however CNN and The New York Instances each reported that the topic was Robert Jr. In an announcement to The Instances, Nuzzi denied having a bodily relationship with Robert Jr.

“I didn’t immediately report on the topic nor use them as a supply. The connection was by no means bodily however ought to have been disclosed to stop the looks of a battle,” Nuzzi stated in her assertion. “I deeply remorse not doing so instantly and apologize to these I’ve disenchanted, particularly my colleagues at New York.”

Robert Jr. additionally denied an affair, together with his spokesperson telling NBC Information, “Mr. Kennedy solely met Olivia Nuzzi as soon as in his life for an interview she requested, which yielded successful piece.”

Hines has not publicly addressed the scandal, however a supply solely advised Us Weekly that she was extra “upset” about her husband’s political ties.

“Cheryl wasn’t so upset concerning the alleged affair, however extra about how her husband’s involvement with Trump will have an effect on her in Hollywood,” the insider advised Us earlier this month. “[RFK Jr.’s] political outspokenness has garnered a whole lot of polarizing consideration. She‘s frightened that it’ll hinder her work alternatives, given her lengthy profession.”