Cheryl Hines was seen radiant during her birthday celebration following the news of her husband RFK Jr’s sex scandal with young journalist Olivia Nuzzi.
Hines, 59, shared precious moments from the occasion on her Instagram Story Saturday night as she posed for a photo with her daughter Catherine Young, 20, and stepdaughter Kyra LeMoyne Kennedy, 29.
The joyous moment came just days after news broke of her husband’s alleged affair with Nuzzi, 31, a reporter for New York Magazine.
The actress, dressed in a white lace turtleneck top and black trousers, captioned the photo of herself with Catherine and Kyra: ‘Me and my girls’, but her husband was nowhere to be seen.
In another snap posted to Catherine’s profile, Hines is seen grinning from ear to ear as she covered her face with her hands while blowing out her birthday candles.
Cheryl Hines (left) was spotted celebrating her 59th birthday on Saturday night alongside her daughter Catherine Young, 20 (center) and stepdaughter Kyra LeMoyne Kennedy, 29 (right).
In another snap posted to Catherine’s profile, Hines is seen grinning from ear to ear as she covered her face with her hands while blowing out her birthday candles.
On Friday night, the Curb Your Enthusiasm star was all smiles as she stepped out in Milan, Italy, without her wedding ring after a party hosted by Gucci during Fashion Week.
Despite the attention focused on his marriage, Hines appeared in good spirits as he greeted fans, wearing a stylish leather jacket, white shirt and blue suit pants.
The shocking photos showed she had ditched her large diamond wedding ring which she had been pictured wearing less than a week ago at the Emmy Awards on Sunday.
While greeting fans in Italy, Hines was balancing a set of keys on his finger, and in the blink of an eye, a smaller band could be seen on the third finger of his left hand.
It is unclear whether it was a keychain or a smaller, more subtle ring than the one she showed off in her last public appearance on Sunday.
Amid the fallout from the scandal, Hines has remained silent about the status of her decade-long marriage to Kennedy, 70.
The joyous moment came just days after news broke of her husband RFK Jr’s alleged affair with Nuzzi, 31, a reporter for New York Magazine. (pictured: Hines and Kennedy in April 2022)
Nuzzi, 31, was placed on leave after her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became known.
After news broke of the politician’s alleged affair with Nuzzi, which began when she visited his $7 million home in California to write an article, the journalist was placed on leave.
Nuzzi, a Washington correspondent, admitted that “the nature of some communications between me and a former reporter became personal,” in a statement to DailyMail.com.
He also stated that the relationship was never physical.
Its editors confirmed that the other party was a “former relevant subject for the 2024 campaign.” State The affair was reportedly with the former presidential candidate, who is married to Hines.
RFK Jr. has insisted he only met the political reporter once, when she profiled him last year.
“Mr. Kennedy only met Olivia Nuzzi once in his life for an interview she requested, which resulted in a sensational article,” his spokesman said. American television network A source added that the nature of the relationship was “emotional and digital, not physical.”
But sources close to the pair told the New York Post that the pair had been sexting despite RFK Jr. being married and Nuzzi being engaged at the time.
On Friday night, the Curb Your Enthusiasm star was beaming as she stepped out in Milan, Italy, without her wedding ring after a party hosted by Gucci during Milan Fashion Week.
RFK Jr. has insisted that he only met the political journalist once, when she profiled him last year. (Pictured: Hines and Kennedy on stage at the National Constitution Center on Independence Mall)
“Earlier this year, the nature of some communications between me and a former reporter became personal,” Nuzzi said.
‘During that time, I did not report directly on the subject or use them as a source.
“The relationship was never physical, but it should have been disclosed to avoid the appearance of a conflict. I deeply regret not doing so immediately and apologize to those I have disappointed, especially my colleagues in New York,” he said.
New York magazine acknowledged an inappropriate relationship in a statement about Nuzzi’s hiatus, calling it “a violation of the magazine’s standards around conflicts of interest and disclosures.”
“Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign,” the statement said. “An internal review of her published work found no inaccuracies or evidence of bias.”
“He is currently on leave from the journal and the journal is conducting a more thorough third-party review. We regret this violation of our readers’ trust.”
Nuzzi has been engaged to Politico’s chief Washington correspondent Ryan Lizza, 50, since 2022.
Nuzzi has been engaged to Politico’s chief Washington correspondent Ryan Lizza, 50, since 2022. However, the couple has since called off their nuptials. (pictured: Lizza and Nuzzi)
Amid the fallout from the scandal, Hines has remained silent on the status of her decade-long marriage to Kennedy. (pictured: the couple in April 2023)
However, the couple has since called off their nuptials, with the New York Post reporting that this happened in recent weeks.
Lizza, co-author of Politico Playbook, published a brief statement in the Friday afternoon edition of the newsletter confirming that he would no longer cover the former independent presidential candidate.
The outlet’s 50-year-old chief Washington correspondent also confirmed he had broken off his engagement to Nuzzi.
“Because of my connection to this story through my ex-fiancée, my editors and I have agreed that I will not participate in any Kennedy coverage in Playbook or anywhere else on POLITICO,” Lizza wrote.
Nuzzi is believed to have met RFK, a father of six, on a hiking trip last year as part of a profile he wrote for New York magazine.
A source close to Nuzzi told Status that the relationship did not begin until the new year, after the profile was published in November 2023.
People familiar with the matter said she did not proactively disclose the affair and that New York magazine only recently learned of it.
Once described by co-star Larry David as “the only person in Hollywood who doesn’t have a single enemy”, the star’s marriage to Kennedy is reported to have come at great personal cost over the years.
Friends are said to have warned the actress about Kennedy’s history as a serial womanizer, while others questioned her silence in the face of her husband’s anti-vaccine rhetoric during the pandemic.
It was David who introduced his Curb Your Enthusiasm co-star to Kennedy in 2006 at a ski weekend fundraiser in Banff, Canada, for Waterkeeper Alliance, an environmental nonprofit co-founded by Kennedy.
Both Hines and Kennedy were married to other people when they met. Hines was married to Paul Young, founder of the management firm Principato-Young, with whom she has a daughter, Catherine.
Kennedy was previously married to his second wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy. He filed for divorce from Mary in 2010, but she committed suicide in 2012 before the paperwork could be finalized.
By then, Hines and Kennedy were back in touch. They went public with their relationship in October 2011 and married three years later.