Hines Defends HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Amid Allegations

Cheryl Hines, wife of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., defended her husband in a preview clip for The Katie Miller Podcast, calling Olivia Nuzzi’s allegations of an online relationship “more chaos and more rumors” and saying she relies on direct conversations with Kennedy. Hines said the claims arose during an exhausting 18 months and followed a family bereavement, making them lower priority. Nuzzi, a former New York magazine correspondent who was placed on leave and later joined Vanity Fair, says the relationship was personal but not physical and is reportedly publishing a memoir with further details. Kennedy’s team denies any inappropriate relationship, saying he met Nuzzi only once for an interview, and the controversy coincided with his campaign suspension and subsequent endorsement of Donald Trump; Hines has declined to speculate on Nuzzi’s motives and remains publicly supportive of her husband.