{"id":2622479,"date":"2026-07-01T21:03:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T01:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michelle-obama-went-absolutely-ballistic-and-blocked-rfk-jr-s-wife-cheryl-hines-from-appearing-in-new-show-report\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T21:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T01:05:30","slug":"michelle-obama-went-absolutely-ballistic-and-blocked-rfk-jr-s-wife-cheryl-hines-from-appearing-in-new-show-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michelle-obama-went-absolutely-ballistic-and-blocked-rfk-jr-s-wife-cheryl-hines-from-appearing-in-new-show-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama Went &#8216;Absolutely Ballistic&#8217; and Blocked RFK Jr.&#8217;s Wife Cheryl Hines from Appearing in New Show: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichelle-obama-went-absolutely-ballistic-and-blocked-rfk-jr-s-wife-cheryl-hines-from-appearing-in-new-show-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2622479&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Michelle Obama remains involved in politics through her role in a production company called Higher Ground, co-led with her husband. She reportedly prohibited Cheryl Hines, wife of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.adn a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/director-ron-howard-shocked-will-smith-assaulted-chris-rock-i-wouldnt-have-expected-this-kind-of-behavior\/\" title=\"Director Ron Howard Shocked Will Smith Assaulted Chris Rock: &#039;I Wouldn&#039;t Have Expected This Kind of Behavior&#039;\">longtime collaborator<\/a> with Larry David, from participating in a new comedy series titled &#8220;Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness.&#8221; The decision was allegedly due to Hines&#8217;s support for MAGA and her marriage to Kennedy, with Michelle reportedly viewing her as politically objectionable. Despite Hines&#8217;s disappointment, the show&#8217;s reception has been mixed, with some critics finding it somewhat funny and others panning it. The controversy highlights how political views influence casting decisions and project collaborations in the entertainment industry.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Michelle Obama might be long out of the White House, but that doesn\u2019t mean she\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-biden-administration-is-politicizing-the-military\/\" title=\"How the Biden Administration is Politicizing the Military\">left politics<\/a> behind.<\/p>\n<p>The former first lady is living a second career in the entertainment world as head, with her husband, of a production company called Higher Ground.<\/p>\n<p>But there doesn\u2019t seem to be much high road in how she\u2019s treating the wife of one of President Donald Trump\u2019s Cabinet members.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.K.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-15939129\/Michelle-Obama-Cheryl-Hines-Larry-David.html?ns_mchannel=rss&#038;amp%3Bns_campaign=1490&#038;amp%3Bito=1490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>, a British publication with a large U.S. presence, Michelle Obama used her power to ban Cheryl Hines, the wife of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., from getting anywhere near a project that Higher Ground is producing with legendary TV comedy figure \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/seinfeld-co-creator-says-trump-worse-dictators-killed-100-million-innocent-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stereotypical leftist<\/a> \u2014 Larry David.<\/p>\n<p>And Hines\u2019 having a working relationship with David that goes back decades didn\u2019t change a thing, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Larry David-Higher Ground project is \u201cLife, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America\u201d \u2014 a seven-part sketch series that debuted June 26. As might be expected from Larry David, the series is intended as a comedy \u2014 to celebrate the country\u2019s 250th birthday \u2014 but Michelle Obama\u2019s attitude was no laughing matter.<\/p>\n<p>The former first lady made one condition clear. She \u201ccommanded that Kennedy\u2019s wife be banned from the cast because she\u2019s now all MAGA, all the time,\u201d the Daily Mail reported, citing unnamed sources \u201cclose\u201d to the show.<\/p>\n<p>Hines, who played David\u2019s wife on the hit show \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/icymi-rfk-jr-wife-considered-staging-marital-separation-protect-deranged-leftists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/a>,\u201d hasn\u2019t shied away from the political arena as her husband joined forces with Trump. Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-whoopi-desperately-throws-commercial-right-cheryl-hines-levels-nails-obama-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">performance on \u201cThe View\u201d<\/a> last year must have left marks on the ladies of the ABC show.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, she was \u201cdevastated\u201d that she wouldn\u2019t be part of the new project, the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCheryl felt terribly hurt and emotionally injured because she had worked so closely with Larry for the entire 12 seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm and they had become like bosom buddies,\u201d the newspaper quoted an \u201cinsider\u201d as recounting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCheryl\u2019s dream was to work with Larry again and be part of the cast of the new show. She firmly believed that the staunch anti-Trumper could put aside his negative political views about MAGA and Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut banning Cheryl was a command from Michelle that Larry could not go against, even if he had wanted to, for old time\u2019s sake, and mend their past close ties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe always respected her as an actress. But Michelle\u2019s the boss. And you don\u2019t cross the boss, especially a powerful anti-MAGA force like Michelle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Daily Mail\u2019s report, Hines could well be about the only prominent face from David\u2019s past who isn\u2019t appearing in \u201cLife, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citing a report from the Hollywood trade publication Variety, it noted that numerous \u201cCurb Your Enthusiasm\u201d veterans will be part of the project, along with comic Jerry Seinfeld, who created the \u201cSeinfeld\u201d show with David.<\/p>\n<p>Even former President Barack Obama has an on-camera role, according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when Cheryl\u2019s name was brought up to join the cast by some of the production people who knew and liked her from \u2018Curb,\u2019 Michelle went absolutely ballistic,\u201d one insider said, according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018We cannot and will not have that woman on this show. She\u2019s not one of us,\u201d Michelle Obama said, according to the insider.<\/p>\n<p>(Considering that the very name of the Obamas\u2019 production company harkens back to Michelle Obama\u2019s famous 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mu_hCThhzWU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic National Convention claim<\/a> that \u201cWhen they go low, we go high,\u201d it doesn\u2019t take a political scientist to notice that vindictive behavior like this doesn\u2019t exactly jibe.)<\/p>\n<p>Another source stressed to the Daily Mail that Michelle Obama\u2019s attitude was all about President Donald Trump and Hines\u2019 husband, RFK Jr. \u2014 not about Hines herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichelle felt that Cheryl wasn\u2019t any great shakes as an actress, but mainly she felt she was disgustingly all MAGA because she was married to Bobby Kennedy Jr., whom she described as a turncoat to the Democratic party and a verifiable whack job as Trump\u2019s Secretary of Health and Human Services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, Michelle\u2019s a victim of what they call Trump Derangement Syndrome, because her true feelings surfaced in her clear-cut rejection of Cheryl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt had nothing to do with Cheryl as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sharon-stone-cancel-culture-is-the-stupidest-thing-i-have-ever-seen-happen\/\" title=\"Sharon Stone: \u2018Cancel Culture Is The Stupidest Thing I Have Ever Seen Happen...\">award-winning actress<\/a>, but rather her supposed politics because of her marriage to Kennedy and being part of Trump\u2019s inner circle of supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, how much Hines missed out on is open to question.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, the show has had mixed reviews \u2014 at best. Possibly giving the Obamas some hometown boosterism, Chicago-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/life-larry-and-the-pursuit-of-unhappiness-larry-david-america-hbo-max-tv-review-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critic Richard Roeper<\/a> \u201cpretty, pretty, <em>pretty<\/em> funny.\u201d (Which sounds<em> pretty<\/em> unconvincing.)<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood Reporter, meanwhile, essentially panned it, ending an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-reviews\/life-larry-and-pursuit-of-unhappiness-review-larry-david-1236628319\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unnecessarily long review<\/a> with a conclusion that would have saved the writer and his readers a lot of time:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLife, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness isn\u2019t smooth or steady either, but in another 250 years, give or take, I should be ready for another season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail reported that it had reached out to Michelle Obama\u2019s representatives for comment.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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