A day after news broke of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s alleged “personal relationship.” with campaign reporter Olivia Nuzzi, the politician’s wife, Cheryl Hines, was seen in Milan without her wedding ring.
The Curb your enthusiasm actress, 59, stepped out at a Milan Fashion Week afterparty on Friday, September 20, photos obtained by Daily Mail show.
For her solo outing, Hines wore a satin top, pants and a leather jacket, without one of her staple accessories – the sparkly band she usually wears on her left ring finger.
The outing came ahead of Hines’ birthday on Saturday, September 21, which she documented on her Instagram stories with Kennedy, 70, who was noticeably absent.
Cheryl Hines wears her wedding ring before husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s scandal. September 15.
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On Thursday, September 19, news of the former presidential candidate’s alleged “personal relationship” with Nuzzi made headlines after New York magazine shared the note with readers revealing that it led to her taking a leave of absence.
The memo said Nuzzi, 31, was placed on leave after “engaging in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign,” and a source familiar with the incident told CNN that Nuzzi was associated with Kennedy .
It also said the relationship was a “violation of the magazine’s conflict of interest and disclosure standards” and, had the magazine been aware of it, Nuzzi “would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign.”
At the time, Nuzzi shared in a statement to PEOPLE that “the nature of some of the communication” between her and the “former subject of the report became personal,” but added that she “did not directly report on the subject or use them as a source” during that period.
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Olivia Nuzzi in April 2023.
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“The relationship was never physical, but it should have been disclosed to prevent conflict,” she said. “I deeply regret that I didn’t do it right away and I apologize to those I disappointed, especially my colleagues in New York.”
Meanwhile, a representative for Kennedy – who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race in August – addressed the alleged relationship in a statement to The Washington Post.
The representative said he only met Kennedy New York reporter once for her November 2023 story titled “The Delusional Politics of RFK Jr.’s Corrupt Campaign.”
“MR. Kennedy only met Olivia Nuzzi once in his life for an interview she requested, which resulted in a hit article,” the rep said. The Washington Post.
PEOPLE has reached out to Hines and Kennedy for comment.
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