Married couple Cheryl Hines and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. allegedly nearly staged a separation to ease backlash. "When he said, 'Well, we could fake a separation,' because he felt so bad because nobody liked you anymore. And you're like, 'Let's not do that,'" Heather McDonald said on the Thursday, October 30, episode of the "Juicy Scoop With Heather McDonald" podcast. Hines, 60, replied, "But you know what? I understand it because I have some friends that - I don't want people having feelings about my friends being friends with me.