Popular Comedian Sticks Up For Cheryl Hines After Vicious Treatment On ‘The View’

Comedian Howie Mandel urged actress Cheryl Hines on “Howie Mandel Does Stuff” Nov. 11 not to return as a guest on “The View” after the show’s co-hosts forced her to answer for her husband, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Hines appeared on “The View” in October, defending her husband as the co-hosts interrogated her on Kennedy’s stances on vaccination, Tylenol and President Donald Trump. When Hines told Mandel on his podcast that she would be willing to reappear on “The View,” the comedian advised her against it, saying she did not deserve their harsh treatment.

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“I’d go back on … I have to be in a certain mood, but I would do it,” Hines said.

“You shouldn’t. I’m telling you, you shouldn’t. Nobody deserves to be attacked. You could deserve to be in a discussion,” Mandel replied. “That’s okay, you know. But I just felt that that was an attack.”

Hines said the majority of the six co-hosts listened to her on the show, but called out Sunny Hostin as the one who did not.

“I felt like she really just wanted to make her points. So it didn’t feel that much like an interview necessarily with her,” she said. “But I feel like with the other women it felt a little different.”

Hostin told Hines that Kennedy’s endorsement of Trump during the 2024 election was “striking” because the two had previously spoken negatively about one another. While citing Hines’ new book, Hostin told her that she did not prevent Kennedy from backing Trump after friends expressed concerns and told Hines that she needed to block his endorsement.