Cheryl Hines has reportedly reached the limits of her marriage to the “egomaniacal” and politically polarizing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and is considering a divorce, according to Kennedy’s biographer.
These limits have been reached following revelations of Kennedy’s allegedly “bizarre” sexting relationship with Olivia Nuzzi, a much younger political journalist, while he was running for president, writes Jerry Oppenheimer, the author of the 2015 book, “RFK Jr.: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
and the Dark Side of the Dream.” Even if the relationship never became “physical,” as Nuzzi has claimed, the nature of it has made it clear to Hines that her 70-year-old husband has not brought his “sex demons” under control as he promised, Oppenheimer has written in a column for the Daily Mail . Oppenheimer quoted a confidante of Hines, 59, who said that the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actor was “blindsided” by revelations about the “personal relationship” with Nuzzi, 31.
“Cheryl was always very aware that Bobby had a long history of womanizing,” the friend told Oppenheimer. “She herself had become very publicly involved with him when he was still married to his second wife, so his playing around wasn’t anything new to her.” “However, she firmly believed Bobby, in his seventh decade and with political aspirations, finally had his sex demons under control, and appeared settled down in their seemingly bucolic southern California domestic life,” the friend co.