Actor Cheryl Hines appeared to have accepted her function within the MAGA universe whereas attending a Mar-a-Lago occasion celebrating her husband’s nomination to hitch Donald Trump’s cupboard.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to whom Hines has been married since 2014, was formally introduced Thursday as Trump’s decide to steer the Division of Well being and Human Companies.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and his spouse Cheryl Hines arrive earlier than President-elect Donald Trump speaks throughout an America First Coverage Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago property, Thursday in Palm Seaside, Fla. (Alex Brandon/AP)
Hines was photographed having a good time whereas supporters congratulated Kennedy at a gala held at Trump’s resort in Palm Seaside, Fla. Sources on Friday informed TMZ that Hines has “been onboard” together with her husband’s nomination, regardless of their differing political beliefs being a rumored concern of their marriage.
Thursday evening’s occasion was the primary time the couple have been seen collectively since Trump was introduced president-elect. It got here months after Hines indicated their marriage wouldn’t “survive” Kennedy campaigning as Trump’s working mate within the presidential election.
Kennedy ran as an impartial within the 2024 race and polled at round 5% because the marketing campaign wound down. He dropped out in August and threw his assist behind Trump — a choice Kennedy himself stated made his Democratic spouse “very uncomfortable.”
Sources final month informed Us Weekly that Hines was extra upset over her husband endorsing Trump than she was about his alleged affair with a political journalist who’s since misplaced her job.
However Hines shared a message of unity after her husband ended his bid for the White Home.
“Over the last year and a half, I have met some extraordinary people from all parties — Democrats, Republicans, and Independents,” she wrote in a publish on X. “It’s been my experience that the vast majority of all parties are truly good people who want the best for our country and for each other.”
Kennedy’s choice to steer the Division of Well being and Human Companies has been broadly criticized by those that observe that he didn’t attend medical college and is understood to hawk conspiracy theories about vaccines.
It’s additionally been famous that by his personal admission, Kennedy suffered mind loss when a parasitic worm received into his noggin in 2010. He said in a courtroom submitting that subsequent mind injury impacted his means to work.
