Close friends of Cheryl Hines previously warned the Curb Your Enthusiasm actress against marrying philanderer—and failed presidential candidate— Robert F. Kenedy Jr.They were reportedly “mystified” that she chose to wed the scandalous Kennedy scion,

Hines married RFK Jr. in August 2014 despite her friends’ hesitations — they were allegedly “mystified” by the relationship, according to Jerry Oppenheimer’s 2015 book, RFK Jr.: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Dark Side of the Dream. Kennedy had an unfortunate “history as a womanizer … intertwined with scandal,” per the author, via Page Six.

With her marriage to Robert F Kennedy Jr, 70, life has increasingly and uncomfortably imitated art for actress Cheryl Hines, 58, whose reputation, career and friendships have taken hit after hit.