Trump inauguration: Cheryl Hines embraces RFK Jr.'s MAHA mission

Hollywood histrion Cheryl Hines is embracing her caller relation successful the MAGA satellite arsenic her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., prepares to articulation the incoming Trump administration.

On Monday, the 59-year-old "Curb Your Enthusiasm" prima is expected to be Trump's inauguration ceremonial successful Washington, D.C., with Kennedy, who President-elect Trump nominated to service arsenic Health and Human Services Secretary.

A typical for Hines confirmed the histrion volition locomotion the reddish carpet astatine the MAHA Inaugural Ball, which celebrates the opening of Trump's 2nd word and Kennedy's "Make America Healthy Again" movement. 

Cheryl Hines has joined President-elect Trump's interior ellipse arsenic her husband, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., awaits confirmation for his Cabinet role. (AP/Getty)

Over the past fewer months, Hines has been on for the thrust arsenic Kennedy, 70, became a cardinal subordinate of Trump's interior circle. In August, the biology lawyer endorsed Trump aft suspending his ain statesmanlike run and became 1 of the president-elect's astir salient surrogates. 

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Prior to the inauguration, the two-time Emmy Award nominee joined her spouse astatine respective events held astatine Trump's Mar-a-Lago property successful Palm Beach, Florida. 

On Nov. 5, Hines and Kennedy were successful attendance astatine Trump's predetermination nighttime ticker enactment and celebrated alongside the Republican campaigner arsenic helium emerged triumphant implicit the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris. 

Hines and Kennedy get earlier President-elect Trump speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala astatine Mar-a-Lago Nov. 14, 2024, successful Palm Beach, Fla.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump's 2nd wife, Marla Maples, aboriginal shared photos from the festivities, including an representation of her with Hines and Kennedy. The trio beamed arsenic they posed for a drawback wrong Mar-a-Lago's ballroom.

"Nov 5th, we gathered arsenic friends with a shared imaginativeness to unite our federation and reconstruct the values instilled by our forefathers, portion celebrating the airy and joyousness wrong each of us," Maples wrote successful the caption.

"Republicans, Democrats, Independents, and adjacent those who person ne'er voted earlier agreed successful a imaginativeness of bid successful our onshore and our hearts. This was a solemnisation to unafraid anticipation for each children, for families, for our federation formed arsenic 1 nether God."

Hines has attended respective high-profile governmental events with Kennedy. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Maples wrote that Trump and his household were joined by "friends and voices of change," naming respective guests, including Elon Musk, Jon Voight, Kennedy and Hines. The erstwhile exemplary noted that Kennedy's lad Finn, 26, was besides successful attendance.

"We proceed to commune for those who whitethorn person been misled and didn’t afloat grasp our intentions," Maples wrote. "We invitation each to unfastened their hearts and minds, to spot that by coming together, we tin fto spell of fearfulness and unrecorded successful the state that is each kid of God’s birthright.

"Time to bring successful the Joy portion we proceed to commune for our federation and our world."

On Election night, Hines and Kennedy celebrated Trump's triumph with Marla Maples. (Marla Maples Instagram)

On Nov. 14, Trump announced connected X, formerly Twitter, that helium had tapped Kennedy to pb the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

That night, Hines returned to Mar-a-Lago for the America First Policy Institute gala to observe her husband's information with different Trump allies and supporters. 

At the time, a root told Page Six the "I Can See Your Voice" justice appeared "happy and relaxed" and "playing bully with MAGA world." 

"Cheryl was talking to everyone, including Donald Trump," the insider said. 

The outlet reported that different guests included Trump's nominee for manager of nationalist intelligence, erstwhile Democratic typical Tulsi Gabbard; Donald Trump Jr.; Trump Jr.'s fiancée astatine the time, Kimberly Guilfoyle; and Kennedy's daughter-in-law and erstwhile run manager, Amaryllis Fox Kennedy. 

Trump nominated Kennedy to pb the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Kennedy's information to Trump's Cabinet awaits confirmation by the U.S. Senate. 

Hines has not shared photos from her visits to Mar-a-Lago connected her ain societal media pages, though she indicated her enactment for the MAHA question connected her Instagram communicative successful precocious November.

Hines shared a cheeky video of Kennedy portion promoting products from her eco-friendly, self-care company, Hines+Young, which she co-founded with her 20-year-old daughter, Catherine Young.

In the clip, Kennedy appeared partially bare portion showering successful the inheritance arsenic Hines' caput strategically blocked astir of his body.

The histrion also posted an representation of Hines+Young products, including a candle that had a lid emblazoned with "MAHA." Hines tagged her company's Instagram leafage and added the "MAHA" hashtag connected the photo.

Hines shared a cheeky video of Kennedy portion promoting her Hines+Young products. (Cheryl Hines Instagram)

In a December interrogation with TMZ, Hines shed immoderate airy connected her aboriginal plans arsenic Kennedy prepares to acquisition the confirmation process and embark connected the adjacent section of his governmental career. 

When asked if she was excited astir her determination to Washington, D.C., Hines laughed and said, "One time astatine a time."  

The histrion agreed the upwind successful the nation's superior was "gonna beryllium a small different" than successful Los Angeles. Hines besides confirmed she volition stay focused connected her ain profession, telling TMZ, "I volition support acting."

"I’m gonna wage attraction to my career," she added. "And bash what I bash and enactment my hubby astatine the aforesaid time."

Hines was besides asked astir a photograph of Kennedy that made headlines erstwhile Trump Jr. posted it connected X successful November. In the viral image, Kennedy amazed societal media users erstwhile helium was seen sharing a McDonald's repast with Trump, Trump Jr., Musk and Speaker Mike Johnson portion aboard Trump Force One.

Kennedy, an outspoken professional of processed foods, was pictured sitting successful beforehand of McDonald's fries and a vessel of Coca-Cola arsenic helium held up a burger box.

Kennedy shared a McDonald's repast with Trump, Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr. and House Speaker Mike Johnson. (Donald Trump Jr./X)

Trump Jr. captioned the photo, "Make America Healthy Again starts TOMORROW."

The radical was returning from a travel to New York City, wherever they attended UFC 309 astatine Madison Square Garden, the tract of Trump’s historical run rally successful October.

While speaking with TMZ, Hines dismissed the thought that Trump, a well-known person of accelerated food, would person immoderate power implicit her health-conscious husband's dietary habits.

"No, no," she said. "Bobby is simply a precise strong-willed, strong-minded person."

However, Hines acknowledged that Kennedy, who has antecedently said Trump's fare is "really bad," astir apt couldn't person refused to partake successful the meal.

"I don't deliberation helium had a choice," she admitted. 

Hines and Kennedy tied the knot successful 2014. ( Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

Hines' acceptance of her entrée into Trump world has amazed and dismayed immoderate successful her Hollywood circle. In November, a root told People mag Hines was contemplating divorcing Kennedy erstwhile reports emerged that helium had allegedly been progressive successful an matter with a governmental journalist. Kennedy has denied the claims.  

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"Cheryl was livid implicit the reports that her hubby was progressive successful immoderate mode with the governmental reporter," the insider said. "People who cognize her good successful LA consciousness if she stays with Bobby present that Trump won the election, she’ll get fame implicit being successful the interior circles."

The root added that immoderate whitethorn deliberation of Hines arsenic a "traitor."

Another root told People Hines appeared to beryllium a "supportive wife" erstwhile she was spotted attending events astatine Mar-a-Lago with Kennedy.

"It's evident she doesn't thin close oregon left," the insider told People. "RFK Jr. is her governmental belief."

However, Kennedy antecedently told TMZ Hines was initially opposed to his endorsement of Trump. 

"She’s a lifelong Democrat, and the thought of maine supporting Donald Trump arsenic president is thing that she would person ne'er imagined, that she ne'er wanted successful her life," helium said. "That is, I think, causing her a batch of discomfort.

"And, you know, I’m precise grateful to her." 

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Kennedy announced his candidacy for the 2024 Democratic statesmanlike information successful April 2023. In October 2023, helium announced helium was dropping the bid and moving arsenic an autarkic candidate.

Hines, who joined Kennedy successful 2014, has seldom spoken retired publically against her husband's politics, though she distanced herself from arguable remarks helium made successful January 2023 anterior to launching his campaign.

Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist, sparked backlash erstwhile helium gave a code successful which helium drew comparisons betwixt Nazi Germany and the U.S. government's propulsion for Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

He aboriginal apologized for his remarks. At the time, Hines addressed her husband's comments successful a station she shared connected X.

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"My husband’s opinions are not a reflection of my own," Hines wrote. "While we emotion each other, we disagree connected galore existent issues."

The pursuing day, Hines wrote, "My husband’s notation to Anne Frank astatine a mandate rally successful D.C. was reprehensible and insensitive. The atrocities that millions endured during the Holocaust should ne'er beryllium compared to anyone oregon anything. His opinions are not a reflection of my own."

After the backlash, Kennedy told The New York Times helium suggested announcing a fake separation. He said "it was a hard time" for them, and helium was disquieted his statements were negatively affecting Hines personally and professionally. 

Kennedy revealed helium adjacent drafted a quality merchandise announcing the split. However, the merchandise was ne'er sent, and successful a abstracted interrogation with The New York Times, Hines told the outlet she ne'er considered Kennedy's connection to beryllium an option.

Hines antecedently discussed however she and Kennedy resoluteness their governmental differences. (Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images for Waterkeeper Alliance)

On Jan. 16., the "Skinny Confidential Him & Her" podcast released an occurrence during which Hines appeared arsenic a guest. While speaking with Lauryn Evarts Bosstick and Michael Bosstick, Hines reflected connected her acquisition implicit the past year.

"It's been affectional a batch of times for maine arsenic a person," she said. "You're talking astir friends, radical who don't privation to person … they don't adjacent privation to person a speech astir something, immoderate that is.

"That's been hard due to the fact that immoderate radical I don't speech to arsenic much.

"And then, you know, you person to truly measurement backmost and say, ‘OK, what are these friendships? And what you would anticipation is that you would person a person who is simply a person nary substance what. And I do. I bash person those friends. And past you person to say, ’OK, well, if this is separating us, maine and my friend, past possibly what was the relationship to statesman with? But it's hard due to the fact that it does hap each astatine once."

Hines pointed retired that immoderate of her friends successful Hollywood are reluctant to explicit their views if they disagree from the presumption quo.

"In Los Angeles, radical are precise passionate astir their governmental beliefs," she said. "But a batch of radical person travel up to maine privately and volition say, 'I emotion what your husband' is doing, you know?' I know. But they don't privation to accidental it retired loud. And that's OK too.

"But it's disappointing that radical can't conscionable speech and person a conversation."

Hines explained that she "had to get my bearings" during the "big moments" implicit the past year, including erstwhile Trump nominated Kennedy for his Cabinet.

"Bobby has been moving truthful hard for truthful agelong connected each of these issues that are truly important," she said. "And for him to beryllium capable to person a dependable successful an medication would beryllium truthful important. At the aforesaid time, you're inactive talking astir politics, and radical are mean. People are impatient. People are angry.

"And, for each of those people, determination are 10 radical who are bully and supportive and truly person been truthful benignant and bully to Bobby, but besides to me."

The histrion said supporting her hubby is important. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

During Kennedy's statesmanlike run, Hines occasionally joined him connected the run trail. In a March 2023 interrogation with Fox News Digital, Hines reflected connected however she and Kennedy attack instances erstwhile they don't spot oculus to oculus connected governmental issues. 

"One of the things that I've learned, particularly astir politics, is you're not going to hold with idiosyncratic astir everything, and it's OK," she said.

"We've learned to speech done it. Talk it out. Listen to each other. Sometimes, hold to disagree oregon say, 'Oh, I'm going to deliberation astir that and I perceive what you're saying,' oregon 'I don't similar the mode you're saying it. I privation you'd accidental it successful a antithetic way.'

"So, I deliberation it's each astir connection and just, you know, keeping your caput unfastened and your bosom open."

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At the time, Hines told Fox News Digital she has recovered definite aspects of Kennedy's run "challenging."

"I've ne'er been a governmental figure, oregon I thought that I would ne'er person thing to bash with politics," she said. "It's a antithetic world. So, I'm getting utilized to that and getting utilized to caller cycles. That's challenging due to the fact that I've learned that there's a bushed to it that I don't consciousness successful different aspects of my life. So, that's challenging, but, you know, workable."

Hines besides opened up astir ways successful which she has supported Kennedy passim his campaign.

"I emotion him," she said. "And I anticipation I'm a bully person to him. So, the downtime and the clip distant from the campaign, I think, is truly important to conscionable enactment grounded and to support connecting with each other."

In August, Kennedy announced helium was dropping his bid for the presidency and endorsing Trump.

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At the time, Hines shared a connection of enactment for her hubby and his run unit connected X. 

In part, the connection said, "The determination has been made to suspend my husband's, Robert Kennedy Jr.'s, presidency and I'd similar to widen a sincere, profoundly heartfelt convey you to each idiosyncratic who has worked truthful tirelessly and lovingly connected his campaign.

"They person accomplished feats that were said to beryllium impossible. They person gathered implicit a cardinal signatures, much than immoderate campaigner successful history, and person achieved ballot entree crossed the state contempt the roadblocks and lawsuits that person been brought against them for the sole intent of keeping Bobby disconnected of the ballots truthful nary 1 would adjacent person the accidental to ballot for him.

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"I profoundly respect the determination Bobby made to tally connected the rule of unity. Over the past twelvemonth and a half, I person met immoderate bonzer radical from each parties — Democrats, Republicans and Independents. It's been my acquisition that the immense bulk of each parties are genuinely bully radical who privation the champion for our state and for each other. It has been an eye-opening, transformative and endearing journey."

Kennedy told TMZ his woman stood by his decision, though she did not hold with it.

"This is the other of what she would privation to do," helium told the outlet. "She went on with it due to the fact that she loves me, and she wanted to beryllium supportive of me, but it was not thing that she ever encouraged, I would say."