Cheryl Hines Was ‘Sad’ Politics Impacted Her Experience Filming Last Season of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’

Cheryl Hines was moved to tears while discussing her seemingly fraught relationship with Curb Your Enthusiasm costars, including Larry David.

“I don’t want to get emotional,” Hines — who is married to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services — told Tucker Carlson during a recent appearance on the Tucker Carlson Network.

Hines shared her perspective on the friendships she had cultivated while playing Larry David’s TV wife for most of the show’s 12-season run. Filming of the HBO series’ last season coincided with RFK. Jr’s presidential campaign.

“It was hard, because it made me sad,” Hines explained, while wiping away tears. “Because, I had been working on this show for a long time and it was always pure joy. I mean, even when the ‘vaccines of it all’ were introduced, there started to be an element that made its way into conversations at work.”

“It started to divide your friendships,” Carlson stated.

“Yeah,” Hines admitted .

“Is that because you showed up and said, ‘You have to vote for Bobby for President or else I’m not going to be your friend?’” joked Carlson. “Or was it because people were cruel to you because of your husband?”

Hines clarified that the word “cruel” didn’t apply, adding, “But yeah, I never told anybody they needed to vote for Bobby.”

The actress said her experience also differed because others were not asked about their spouses, “but that was not the world for me.”

It’s not the first time Hines has alluded to the nature of her changing friendships on the hit show.

During an Oct. 27th appearance on the podcast Hot Mics with Billy Bush, the actress confirmed that she and David — who in the past has called President Donald Trump a “sociopath” — hadn’t spoken since Curb aired its finale in 2024.

“I think that relationship changed a little — hasn’t it?” Bush asked Hines.

“Well, I haven’t talked to him in a while,” replied Hines, adding, “I love Larry and I think Larry loves me. I think it’s just politics you know, makes conversations…”

“The truth of the matter is, I think because I’m married to Bobby and Bobby is in the [Trump] administration, just knowing that is enough for some people to not want to see my face, be around me,” Hines continued. “It’s too hard.”