RFK Jr thanks wife Cheryl Hines for standing by him amid Olivia Nuzzi affair scandal

Robert F. Kennedy Jr thanked his wife, histrion Cheryl Hines, for lasting by him amid allegations of his 'digital affair' with newsman Olivia Nuzzi.

The erstwhile statesmanlike candidate, 70, spoke to supporters of the Trump run successful West Palm Beach, Florida with Hines by his broadside arsenic helium expressed gratitude for 'the astir supportive idiosyncratic successful this country who has sustained maine passim my campaign, Cheryl Hines.'

She aboriginal responded by echoing his connection of thanks, but added: 'Ooh, it has been a journey.'

Hines has publically stood by her hubby arsenic he dropped retired of the statesmanlike predetermination and endorsed erstwhile President Donald Trump.

She has besides said she is not acrophobic with allegations of her husband's matter with the erstwhile New York Magazine reporter, contempt rumors suggesting she was planning to divorcement him.

Nuzzi, 31, the Washington DC governmental analogous for New York Magazine, acknowledged successful September she had a sexting narration with Kennedy, 70, portion covering his campaign.

'Earlier this year, the quality of immoderate connection betwixt myself and a erstwhile reporting taxable turned personal,' she said.

'During that time, I did not straight study connected the taxable nor usage them arsenic a source,' she said.

'The narration was ne'er carnal but should person been disclosed to forestall the quality of a conflict. I profoundly regret not doing truthful instantly and apologize to those I've disappointed, particularly my colleagues astatine New York.'

But Kennedy has insisted helium lone met the governmental writer once, erstwhile she did a illustration connected him.

In that profile, Nuzzi described meeting the erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner astatine the $7 cardinal California location helium shares with his wife.

She painted a representation of RFK Jr. arsenic an anti-establishment candidate, 'turning the statesmanlike predetermination upside down'.

'Fear — and denial — is what Kennedy seems to animate among the staid Washington Establishment supporting the incumbent president and the gangland anti-Establishment Establishment supporting the erstwhile president,' she wrote.

She touched connected struggle successful RFK Jr.'s matrimony implicit his quality connected Steve Bannon's amusement and those of different right-wing personalities.

'Bannon was lone the beginning. Poor Cheryl,' Nuzzi wrote.

At the clip the portion was published, RFK Jr. was successful the predetermination contention arsenic an autarkic candidate, but has since dropped retired and endorsed Trump.

New York mag has since acknowledged an inappropriate narration successful a connection astir Nuzzi's hiatus, deeming it 'a usurpation of the magazine's standards astir conflicts of involvement and disclosures'.

'Had the mag been alert of this relationship, she would not person continued to screen the statesmanlike campaign,' the connection read.

Despite quality of the affair, Hines and RFK Jr. person been seen unneurotic aggregate times, with the 59-year-old histrion immediately dashing to her husband's side successful Massachusetts aft his mother, Ethel Kennedy, passed away.

The mates was photographed holding hands at the Kennedy Compound successful Hyannis Port, successful photos obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com.

The histrion was besides seen holding onto RFK Jr's arm as they walked into the religion wherever the politician's parent Ethel Kennedy's ceremonial was taking place.

She aboriginal told US Weekly that she was not acrophobic astir the reports of her husband's affair.

'Lots of emotions with rumors,' she said, noting she volition beryllium penning a publication astir her experiences.

'People person a batch of feelings astir politics, particularly successful Hollywood, and I don't know. I mean, truthful acold I consciousness similar it's OK,' she said.

'I'm OK to person conversations similar that with radical and, to me, it doesn't specify somebody. To immoderate radical it does and it's similar you can't power it. There's thing I tin bash astir it, truthful I person to fto it lavation implicit me.' 

The Emmy-nominated actress, champion known arsenic Cheryl successful HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, went connected to archer the outlet she's focusing connected her family.

'They're fun. I mean, if I had a boring household it would beryllium tough. And I deliberation conscionable trying to clasp the chartless and alternatively of warring against it, is benignant of trying to clasp it and conscionable accidental yes to immoderate comes your way,' she said.

'Just to fto it travel and to find the small moments and not instrumentality thing excessively seriously. Even though I find myself successful precise superior situations.'