Larry David’s ex-wife, Laurie David, accused his TV spouse Cheryl Hines of “setting women back” by standing by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he awaits Senate affirmation to turn into the nation’s subsequent Secretary of Well being and Human Providers.
“Cheryl Hines in her best and most watched performance yet as the ‘dutiful, adoring wife’ setting women back decades,” David posted on Threads after Hines sat behind her husband throughout his Senate nomination listening to.
That contentious listening to noticed the polarizing 71-year-old political royal declare he agrees with President Trump’s declare that “every abortion is a tragedy” and that reproductive proper legal guidelines must be selected the state stage. Throughout his first time period as president, Trump constructed a Supreme Courtroom that overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that made abortion accessible to girls all through the nation.
Cheryl Hines, spouse of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s option to be Secretary of Well being and Human Providers, watches as he seems earlier than the Senate Finance Committee for his affirmation listening to, on the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Picture/Ben Curtis)
Hines, who performed Larry David’s long-suffering spouse on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” from 2000 to 2024, additionally stood by her real-life husband of 10 years when he was accused final yr of getting engaged in a sexually charged texting relationship with political reporter Olivia Nuzzi. An RFK Jr. consultant denied the alleged flirtation.
Laurie David didn’t expound on her accusation. Hines’ consultant declined to remark.
RFK Jr. has stated that he and his spouse generally conform to disagree in the case of politics. She was supportive of his transient 2024 presidential marketing campaign, which Hines known as “eye opening” in a social media publish after RFK Jr. left the race to endorse Trump.
“It’s been my experience that the vast majority of all [political] parties are truly good people who want the best for our country and for each other,” she wrote.
Cheryl David, performed by Hines, divorced the TV model of Larry David at first of the present’s eighth season.
In actual life, Laurie David filed for divorce from her husband of 14 years in January 2019, citing “irreconcilable differences.”
