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The news that journalist Olivia Nuzzi — who allegedly had a sexting affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — has written a tell-all “blindsided” the MAHA leader and left his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, in “a state of shock and distress,” one insider told The Post. According to the sources, the controversial Secretary of Health and Human Services, 71, and the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star, 60, “fear the revelations” that could be coming in the secretly penned memoir by Vanity Fair magazine editor Olivia Nuzzi, 31, will revive last year’s embarrassing scandal. “Bobby and Cheryl initially went through marital hell last year when the affair was first revealed. She even considered divorce for a time, but they’ve since reconciled and had been relieved that the scandal had seemingly blown over,” the insider said. “Cheryl eventually and emphatically believed, without reservation, Bobby’s denial” that he had an intimate relationship — online or off — with the ex-New York Magazine political writer. A representative for Hines declined to comment, while calls to Kennedy were not returned. Depending on how explosive Nuzzi’s allegations are, sources speculated, “they could spell an end” to Kennedy’s cabinet post in the Trump administration. When the scandal broke, Kennedy denied the affair, declaring through a spokesperson that he had met Nuzzi only once, when she interviewed him during his 2024 presidential campaign. Hines told Fox Digital on Monday that, after the affair claims went public, Kennedy suggested they pretend to be separated so people would leave her alone. “It was a very sweet notion but … I didn’t think that was helpful,” Hines said. All Nuzzi has publicly alleged about the relationship is that it was “personal, but never physical.” But her ex-fiancé, former Politico journalist Ryan Lizza, later claimed in a court filing that Bobby had wanted to “possess,” “control” and “impregnate” Nuzzi. He further alleged that Nuzzi had privately described Kennedy as a “sex addict,” that their affair was “toxic, unhealthy, stupid, psychotic, crazy, indefensible,” and that Bobby used his “huge power” to manipulate her. Nuzzi’s book, “American Canto,” is reportedly due to hit shelves December 2. Meanwhile, Hines has been ambitiously promoting her own memoir, “Unscripted,” which is out November 11. A publishing source familiar with Nuzzi’s book project told The Post: “Not to diminish Bobby and Cheryl’s negative reaction and fear about Olivia’s upcoming tell-all, but i t really comes down to the old story — ‘He said, she said.’ So who’s to be believed? “But one thing’s for certain, with the two women writing about their relationship with one man – a Kennedy with a long history of womanizing. It’s definitely going to generate public interest.”
