Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sexting scandal is embarrassing for both the political scion and the New York Magazine journalist with whom he allegedly shared steamy messages .
But we’re told that there are some people who are thrilled that the supposed fling was exposed — because they hope it’ll end his marriage to the “hated” Cheryl Hines. Media newsletter Status revealed last week that political reporter Olivia Nuzzi had been suspended from the storied magazine after editors learned that she’d had a personal relationship with RFK Jr. (The pol claimed that he’d met her only once while she was working on a story about him).
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Hines, a longtime Democrat who has been married to Kennedy since 2014, has since been spotted without her wedding ring . Sources tell Page Six that there are people in both RFK Jr.’s inner circle and that of Donald Trump — who Kennedy endorsed in August after dropping out of the White House race — “hate Cheryl” and are hoping that the Nuzzi drama gets her out of the picture.
“[Hines] is a diehard liberal and is against [Kennedy’s] support for Trump,” an insider told us. Our source says that after Kennedy’s endorsement , “there’s a likelihood he’ll work in the Trump administration if [Trump] wins” — which could be awkward with an avowed Trump-hater on his arm. “RFK Jr.
would have to move to DC and they don’t want [Cheryl] around,” said the source. Hines aversion to Trump is well-doc.