Cheryl Hines Dismisses Handler's Flawed Home Sale Claims

Cheryl Hines has dismissed comedian Chelsea Handler's recent allegations that Hines and her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sold her a severely flawed multimillion-dollar home in Los Angeles, calling the claims an attempt to gain attention.

Handler, 51, detailed her frustrations with the property during a March 5 episode of her podcast "Dear Chelsea" and in an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" earlier this month. She described purchasing the five-bedroom, 5,400-square-foot house in Brentwood's Mandeville Canyon neighborhood for approximately $6 million in October 2021 through a blind trust, unaware at the time that the sellers were Hines and Kennedy. Built in 1937, the residence features a spacious backyard and pool.

According to Handler, inspectors discovered extensive issues upon opening up the structure, declaring it "the most toxic environment" and advising that it was uninhabitable for at least two years. She said the problems, including foundational defects, turned the home into a "disaster" that required multiple rounds of renovations, delaying her move-in by four years. Handler only recently occupied the property, joking on Kimmel's show that she blamed Kennedy for the...