Overview
- Notaro said on the Breaking Bread With Tom Papa podcast that she "needed to step away" from Hines once Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign elevated beliefs she could not accept, adding that his August 2024 endorsement of President Donald Trump "just got hard."
- The former friends cohosted Tig & Cheryl: True Story, which stopped releasing new episodes in 2023, a break Notaro called "really sad" as she focuses on work and relationships that bring her joy.
- Hines defended her husband on The View, calling his decision to back Trump "complicated" and arguing he is qualified to run HHS given his career in environmental and public‑health litigation, while brushing off questions about his past "brain worm" disclosure.
- In a Fox News interview published Saturday, Hines said she is "very worried" about her husband's safety following recent political violence and discussed themes from her forthcoming memoir, Unscripted, due November 11.
- Hines has said only a few friends distanced themselves after Kennedy entered politics; reporting has noted examples such as Ted Danson no longer being in touch, while RFK Jr. shifted from a 2023 presidential bid to endorsing Trump in 2024 and now serving as HHS secretary.