Overview

• During a Tuesday appearance to promote her memoir, Hines fielded pointed questions about Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., leading to tense moments on air.
• Hines said she was “guarded” about her husband’s 2024 decision to end his independent bid and back President Donald Trump, calling the move a political “leap.”
• Co-host Sunny Hostin labeled Kennedy the “least qualified” HHS head in history and accused him of spreading misinformation, as Hines countered by citing his environmental litigation and noting past non-physician HHS leaders.
• In a back-and-forth over vaccines, Hines said “yes to vaccines” and urged listening to parents, citing Vaccine Injury Compensation Program payouts exceeding $5.4 billion since 1988, while hosts flagged his disputed Tylenol/circumcision–autism claims.
• Whoopi Goldberg emphasized that Hines should not have to answer for her husband, the panel reiterated an open invite for Kennedy to appear, Hines said she had advised him against it, and she jokingly addressed his past “brain worm” disclosure.