Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. adding “snake wrangler” to his resume? Not if wife, Floridian Cheryl Hines, has anything to do with it.
The Health and Human Services secretary posted a video on X on Tuesday of himself picking up two black racer snakes while Hines shared her disapproval from behind the camera.
According to his caption, this took place at the home of longtime TV celebrity and colleague, Dr. Oz, in Florida. He joked that Hines “cheerlead” the removal of the snakes.
Watch RFK Jr. wrangle two mating black racer snakes in Florida
In the video, Kennedy is seen trying to wrangle the snakes before picking them up. Off camera, Hines is exclaiming “Bobby, no” repeatedly, and an unknown voice says the snakes were “having sex.”
Hines says the snakes are water moccasins, which Kennedy corrects. The snakes start trying to bite Kennedy, and he laughs when asked if they were trying to bite him.
“Honey, honey, let them go,” Hines says before the video ends. “Oh my God. Bobby, please!”
Where is Dr. Oz’s Florida house?
Administrator of the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Mehmet Oz — best known to millions as television celebrity “Dr. Oz” — owns an oceanfront mansion in Palm Beach, Florida. He uses it as a vacation home since it changed hands for a recorded $18 million in 2015.
Who is Cheryl Hines? Where in Florida is Hines from?
Cheryl Hines, 60, is an actress and comedian, best known for portraying Larry David’s wife, Cheryl, on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Winning two Primetime Emmy nominations for the role, she has also starred in films like “Herbie: Fully Loaded” (2005), “Cake” (2005), “RV” (2006), and “A Bad Moms Christmas” (2017).
Hines was born in Miami Beach, but in a 2007 interview with the Orlando Sentinel, she shared she grew up in Tallahassee.
In Florida’s capital city, she first explored her acting chops in the choral and drama departments at Leon High School and Young Actors Theatre. After graduating, she pursued a degree in arts from the University of Central Florida in Orlando
When did Cheryl Hines and RFK Jr. get married?
Hines married Kennedy Jr. in August 2014, her second marriage and his third.
She credits her on-screen husband with introducing the pair, saying David introduced her to Kennedy in 2006 at a ski weekend fundraiser for the Waterkeeper Alliance. However, the pair didn’t reconnect and form a romantic relationship until 2010.
Samantha Neely is a trending reporter for the USA TODAY NETWORK-Florida, covering pop culture, theme parks, breaking news and more. You can get all of Florida’s best content directly in your inbox each weekday by signing up for the free newsletter, Florida TODAY, at https://floridatoday.com/newsletters.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Cheryl Hines reacts as RFK Jr. wrangles snakes at Dr. Oz’s Florida house
Reporting by Samantha Neely, USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida / Palm Beach Post
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