Cheryl Hines’s decision to stand by her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during both his campaign for the White House and his endorsement of Donald Trump lost her a longtime friend and collaborator.

“Cheryl was one of my favorite friends,” comedian Tig Notaro said on the Breaking Bread With Tom Papa podcast this week.

Hines and Notaro hosted their own podcast together, Tig & Cheryl: True Story, from 2020 to 2023. “But Cheryl’s married to Bobby Kennedy Jr.,” Notaro explained. “When he was announcing his run, I just felt like I needed to step away, because there are beliefs that were like a gnat on the arm years ago that were getting further into the spotlight.”

The Curb Your Enthusiasm star married Kennedy in 2014. Their union hadn’t always posed a problem for Notaro and Hines’ friendship

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