Cheryl Hines appears at RFK Jr. HHS confirmation hearing for Trump cabinet position

Cheryl Hines is curbing those RFK Jr. split rumors – again.

The "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star is seated behind husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing Wednesday to be President Donald Trump's pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Kennedy said Wednesday that if he is confirmed to lead HHS, he wants Americans to know what is in their food without banning fast food outright, which he has criticized.

"If you like a McDonald's cheeseburger and a Diet Coke, which my boss loves, you should be able to get them! If you want to eat Hostess Twinkies, you should be able to do that. But you should know what the impacts are on your family and on your health," Kennedy said in reference to Trump's love of the chain.

Cheryl Hines attends the Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Cheryl Hines attends the Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Hines, who has remained stone faced for most of the hearing donned a pinstripe navy blue suit for the occasion. The pair shared a kiss before Kennedy's confirmation hearing began.

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Hines and Kennedy have been at the center of split rumors since September when Status journalist and former CNN reporter Oliver Darcy broke the news that Kennedy and ex-New York Magazine correspondent Olivia Nuzzi had an alleged sexting affair.

But in an Us Weekly story published Oct. 20, Hines opened up about the pair's decadelong marriage.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's nominee to lead the department of Health and Human Services, kisses his wife Cheryl Hines at his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's nominee to lead the department of Health and Human Services, kisses his wife Cheryl Hines at his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

'Oh Bobby': Cheryl Hines posts RFK Jr. showering to promote her beauty line

"There's, like, a connection that you look at your husband or your partner and all the crazy going on around you, or you look and you check in and it’s like, 'OK. It’s going to be OK. We're going to move through this moment'," Hines said.

She continued by saying, "You know, a lot of times it's funny and you can lean over and say, 'This is crazy balls,' and have a moment together and then hold your head up high and go to the next thing."

Hines also told Us Weekly that she tries "to embrace the unknown and instead of fighting against it, is sort of trying to embrace it and just say yes to whatever comes your way." She added that she has learned to "let it flow and to find the little moments and not take anything too seriously," adding "even though I find myself in very serious situations!"

Cheryl Hines previously posted shower video of RFK Jr. to promote beauty line

In late November, the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star posted a video on her Instagram story promoting her beauty line Hines + Young which featured her husband showering semi-nude behind his sitcom star wife. She added "Oh Bobby," to the text portion of her now-expired Instagram story.

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In the video, Hines reprimands Kennedy for hopping in the shower as she talks about her beauty company's Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale.

"No. You can't take a shower. I'm doing a video," Hines said in the video which is circulating on social media platforms. "No, no. I'm doing … you've got to give me a second. I'm doing a video from Hines + Young. Honey."

RFK Jr. slammed by cousin Caroline Kennedy: 'He himself is a predator'

Kennedy has become a black sheep in one of the country's most prominent and exclusive political families.

Kennedy's cousin Caroline Kennedy, the only living child of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, in a video posted on social media Tuesday called him a predator.

"I have known Bobby my whole life," Caroline Kennedy says in the video, in which she's reading aloud a letter she wrote to senators. "We grew up together. It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because he himself is a predator."

Caroline Kennedy slammed her cousin Tuesday as a "predator" ahead of his confirmation hearing.
Caroline Kennedy slammed her cousin Tuesday as a "predator" ahead of his confirmation hearing.

Caroline Kennedy calls cousin, RFK Jr., a 'predator' before HHS hearing

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Caroline Kennedy's son Jack Schlossberg posted the video on X, saying that his mother had sent it to a Senate committee, an action first reported by the Washington Post.

"Bobby is addicted to attention and power," Caroline Kennedy says in the video. "Bobby preys on the desperation of parents of sick children – vaccinating his own kids, while building a following hypocritically discouraging other parents from vaccinating theirs."

Contributing: Erin Mansfield, Jonathan Limehouse, Sarah D. Wire, Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, Savannah Kuchar, Alyssa Goldberg, Sudiksha Kochi

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: RFK Jr. confirmation hearing: Cheryl Hines appears, supports husband