Actor Cheryl Hines appeared to have accepted her role in the MAGA universe while attending a Mar-a-Lago event celebrating her husband’s nomination to join Donald Trump’s cabinet.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to whom Hines has been married since 2014, was officially announced Thursday as Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
Hines was photographed having a great time while supporters congratulated Kennedy at a gala held at Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Sources on Friday told TMZ that Hines has “been onboard” with her husband’s nomination, despite their differing political views being a rumored issue in their marriage.
Thursday night’s event was the first time the couple have been seen together since Trump was announced president-elect. It came months after Hines indicated their marriage wouldn’t “survive” Kennedy campaigning as Trump’s running mate in the presidential election.
Kennedy ran as an independent in the 2024 race and polled at around 5% as the campaign wound down. He dropped out in August and threw his support behind Trump — a decision Kennedy himself said made his Democratic wife “very uncomfortable.”
Sources last month told Us Weekly that Hines was more upset over her husband endorsing Trump than she was about his alleged affair with a political journalist who’s since lost her job.
But Hines shared a message of unity after her husband ended his bid for the White House.
“Over the last year and a half, I have met some extraordinary people from all parties — Democrats, Republicans, and Independents,” she wrote in a post 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 selection to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has been widely criticized by those who note that he didn’t attend medical school and is known to peddle conspiracy theories about vaccines.
It’s also been noted that by his own admission, Kennedy suffered brain loss when a parasitic worm got into his noggin in 2010. He stated in a court filing that subsequent brain damage impacted his ability to work.
