Cheryl Hines Slams Olivia Nuzzi Over RFK Jr. Sexting Allegations: ‘You Have to Consider the Source’

Cheryl Hines isn’t holding back.

The Curb Your Enthusiasm actress, currently on a press tour for her upcoming novel Unscripted, took a dig at her husband’s alleged mistress during a recent interview.

In a preview clip from the Katie Miller Podcast, Hines, 60, was asked how she decides which rumors to respond to regarding her marriage to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

“I think you always have to consider the source, right?” Hines responded. “So that’s where I start. And then it ends with a conversation with Bobby. Getting to the truth of the matter and then that’s where it ends.”

Miller also brought up allegations by former New York Magazine journalist Olivia Nuzzi about the “sexting scandal” she was involved in with Kennedy Jr., 71, during his 2024 presidential campaign, as well as the 32-year-old’s plans to write her own tell-all.

Hines chuckled at the thought of Nuzzi’s book before recalling the “chaos” Nuzzi claims brought to her life for over a year.

“At the time, Bobby had been running for president and it was an exhausting year and a half of headlines and rumors and articles and chaos. And at that time, I thought, Ok, this is more chaos and more rumors,” Hines said. “It was a lot.”

Hines added that the allegations came around the same time she was grieving the loss of a family member. “I had just lost my nephew…so you have a real loss and a real family situation and then to have a story was distracting at best, but also in the scheme of what’s real, what’s not, what’s important, what’s not, it was not ranking up in the this is what’s important in life category.

“And now, I don’t know. I have no idea. I don’t know this person, don’t know their intentions. I could guess but I won’t,” Hines added with another laugh. “I don’t know.”

Hines went on to share that one thing she “really learned” during her husband’s presidential campaign was how desperate people are to become “involved in the conversation.”

Noting that she wasn’t just referring to Nuzzi but “a lot of people,” Hines said, “They spend a lot of time figuring out how to write something that’s going to get people’s attention and if they do then they are really celebrating. Whether it’s true or false, doesn’t matter. If it gets people’s attention it’s a celebration, it’s a success for them.”

Unscripted is set to hit shelves on November 11. Meanwhile, Nuzzi’s book, which has yet to be confirmed by a publisher, is reportedly scheduled for an early December release.

In recent weeks, details of the tell-all have leaked, with sources claiming it includes “sextually charged messages” Nuzzi received from the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Nuzzi has maintained her relationship with RFK Jr. never became physical, but was something she “should have disclosed” to her former employer, she said in a statement per the New York Post.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Kennedy Jr. previously stated he only met Nuzzi once, when she interviewed him during his 2024 presidential campaign.