Trending badgeTrendingPosted 2 hours agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret DownCheryl Hines Made This Shocking Claim About RFK Jr.'s Brain Worm While Trying To Defend Him On "The View"Cheryl's shocking claim followed a tense conversation with The View co-host Sunny Hostin.by David MoyeHuffPost WriterFacebookPinterestLinkHot Topic🔥 Full coverage and conversation on Politics Cheryl Hines was grilled on The View Tuesday about her husband, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., but one panelist managed to get intel on the real issue: His brain worm. Daniele Venturelli / Getty Images The former Curb Your Enthusiasm cast member visited the show to promote her upcoming memoir, Unscripted, but spent much of her time dealing with tough talk about RFK Jr. Franklin Jacome / Getty Images Sunny Hostin accused him of spreading "misinformation," "chaos," and "confusion," claiming Kennedy was the "least qualified" head of HHS in history. John Nacion / Getty Images "Listen, we all have different views here," Hines said in response. "And when you say misinformation, disinformation, we could go back to COVID when -" ABC / Via youtube.com BuzzFeed TrendingHot TopicLet's chat about all things PoliticsSee our Politics Discussions ″- He's connected circumcision to autism!" Hostin interjected. ABC / Via youtube.com Hines insisted her husband was just being attacked for asking questions at a time when little was known about COVID-19. The conversation escalated to the point that co-host Joy Behar felt obliged to take down the temperature - sort of. ABC / Via youtube.com "Before you go, so that I don't have to make any jokes about it, does [RFK, Jr.] have or does he not have a brain worm?" Behar asked, referring to a story that became public during the 2024 election. The story goes that doctors told RFK Jr. in 2012 that a suspected brain tumor was actually a dead worm. ABC / Via youtube.com "It ate a little bit of his brain and died, so don't worry," Hines said. ABC / Via youtube.com "So it's a dead brain worm?" Behar asked, as her co-host, Whoopi Goldberg, expressed shock. ABC / Via youtube.com "What died? Wait, what? The brain died? Wait, wait, wait!" Goldberg exclaimed. ABC / Via youtube.com "It's a callback to the campaign," Hines said. "You've got to read my book. That was just one tiny headline in a mountain of crazy." ABC / Via youtube.com You can see the whole segment below: View this video on YouTube youtube.com This article originally appeared on HuffPost.