Cheryl Hines Responds to Chelsea Handler's Claims That She and RFK Jr. Sold Her a 'Toxic' Home

Cheryl Hines is breaking her silence on recent comments made by Chelsea Handleralleging Hines and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sold her a “toxic” home.

In a March 5 episode of her podcast, Dear Chelsea, Handler told her listeners that she purchased the couple’s Los Angeles home in 2021.

“Just some background information: I bought RFK Jr.’s house in Los Angeles five years ago. I did not know I was buying it from him. It was anonymous,” she said on her podcast. “I bought his house from him and Cheryl Hines. I still have not lived in this house. That’s how f***ed up this house was.”

Handler then recalled what she was told after the property was inspected, “When they opened up the house, they were like, ‘This house is the most toxic environment. You cannot live here for at least two years,'” she said.

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Hines shared her side of the story on Tomi Lahren’s podcast, Tomi Lahren is Fearless, on Thursday, March 26. The podcast episode will release at 5 p.m. ET and in an exclusive clip released by People, Hines questions the timing of Handler’s claims.

“Because she bought this house five years ago and she’s just now complaining about it, which is also, I don’t know that she’s getting a lot of sympathy from people. She’s buying a $6 million house,” Hines says. “And talking about how she feels duped and that we tried to sell her a house that was, her word, ‘toxic,’ which also doesn’t make sense.”

Hines also said she thinks Handler’s comments don’t really “hold water” as she had reached out to Handler personally after the home had been purchased.

“I did write her a personal note when she moved in, just saying how much we love the house. And I hope that she has a beautiful life in this house. And if you need anything, call me. And I left my number,” Hines says. “So I don’t know if we were trying to unload a toxic house on her. I wouldn’t have left my number.”

Hines said she believes Handler is making these claims because she is “just trying to get attention” and that it’s “probably fun for her to make fun of her husband.”

“So, what are you going to do? She’s trying to get a laugh, I guess, and some likes,” Hines concludes.

Handler had mentioned in an appearance onJimmy KimmelLive! on Wednesday, March 18 that she had only recently been able to move into the home.

“It took me four years to move in. There [were] a lot of problems with the house — I blame him,” she said to Kimmel, in reference to RFK Jr. “And that didn’t get caught during inspection. And a lot of drama with the house. But I did just move in for the first time yesterday. So, I’m good.”

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