Cheryl Hines Says She’s ‘Feeling Good’ as She Steps Out with Best Friend for Improv Group Anniversary (Exclusive)

Hines attended The Groundlings’ 50th anniversary event a month after news broke of husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s alleged "personal relationship" with a journalist

Cheryl Hines is "feeling good" this weekend as she helps celebrate the 50th anniversary of her improv group.

On Saturday, Oct. 19, the Curb Your Enthusiasm alum, 59, spoke with PEOPLE at The Groundlings’ 50th anniversary party in Los Angeles, amid the latest milestone for the sketch comedy school and following news of husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s alleged "personal relationship" with journalist Olivia Nuzzi.

"Listen, I, I'm feeling good," Hines said at the Jonathan Club when asked how she was doing. "Feeling good."

Hines could be seen wearing what appeared to be her wedding ring and answering questions with close friend and comedian Rachael Harris.

"The end is near," she added, referring to the 2024 presidential election, in which her husband ran as an independent candidate before dropping out in August. "And I feel very peaceful about it. 17 days, actually. But yeah, let's say it's 16. Every day, I Google it. You think I could remember from the day before. Every day, the countdown."

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Hines described to PEOPLE how the sketch comedy group "changed everything" in her career before her time on Curb.

"I met my best friends here. Rachael and I have been best friends for a long time. We don't have to put a date on it. And I learned how to improvise at the Groundlings and do sketch comedy," she said. "And if I hadn't learned how to improvise, I would've never gotten part of Curb Your Enthusiasm. So, I mean, it just put me on a different path in every way."

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At the event, Hines also posed for photos with the likes of Will Forte and Mindy Sterling while in attendance.

The celebration came a month after New York magazine published a statement in September about Nuzzi, 31, being put on leave as she "acknowledged" that she "engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign while she was reporting on the campaign." A source close to Hines told PEOPLE that she and Kennedy "barely spoke" in the two weeks after the news broke, while another insider claimed in early October that Hines "has been talking about filing for divorce, but [Kennedy is] begging her not to file."

Hines and Kennedy, 70, have most recently displayed a united front in public appearances, including holding hands around the Kennedy family's compound in Hyannis Port following the death of the politician's mother Ethel and sharing a kiss at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner this week.

At the dinner on Thursday, Oct. 17, the pair could be seen laughing and kissing, as Hines stroked her husband’s face with her finger, per footage posted to X. Former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and current N.Y.C. Mayor Eric Adams were all also in attendance at the dinner in New York.

The day before, Hines and Kennedy arrived together hand in hand at the memorial service for his mother in Washington, D.C.

After the death of his mother, Kennedy wrote Instagram that she "deeded to each of her 11 children her love of good stories, her athleticism, her competitive spirit, and the deep curiosity about the world, and the intense interest in people of all backgrounds, which caused her to pepper everyone she met — from cab drivers to presidents — with a relentless cascade of questions about their lives.”

Hines wrote in the comment section, “This is beautiful. Your mother was very proud of you. 🤍.”

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