Cheryl Hines Issued A Statement Condemning Her Husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Remarks About Vaccines And The Holocaust
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You know Cheryl Hines from Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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Hines may be the ex-wife of Larry David on Curb, but in real life she's married to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a lawyer and a nephew of former US president John F. Kennedy.
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Earlier this week, Kennedy spoke at an anti-vaccine mandate rally in Washington, DC, where he made offensive remarks about Anne Frank and the Holocaust.
"Even in Hitler Germany, you could, you could cross the Alps into Switzerland. You could hide in an attic, like Anne Frank did," Kennedy said, suggesting that Frank — who died in the Holocaust — lived under easier conditions than in present-day US. "I visited, in 1962, East Germany with my father and met people who had climbed the wall and escaped, so it was possible. Many died, true, but it was possible."
The backlash, understandably, was swift. The Auschwitz Memorial tweeted a statement condemning Kennedy's remarks.
In the Auschwitz Memorial's mentions, a Twitter user tagged Hines and asked, "Do you stand with your husband?" Hines decided to reply. "My husband's opinions are not a reflection of my own," she said. "While we love each other, we differ on many current issues."
Earlier today, Hines tweeted another, more definitive statement effectively condemning her husband's remarks. "My husband’s reference to Anne Frank at a mandate rally in D.C. was reprehensible and insensitive," she wrote.
"The atrocities that millions endured during the Holocaust should never be compared to anyone or anything. His opinions are not a reflection of my own."
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