And

it's great because we're talking about it and even spending the day with some of the doctors, you know, that are on the task force, listening to them.

One of them said, we need to... tell everyone, doctors included, that women aren't just little men.

Their health is completely different, and we need different things than men do.

So this is, yeah, finally, after so long.

And just one more thing.

There are a lot of women in rural parts of the country that have a very difficult time getting hormone replacement therapy.

OK.

Thank you for all that you've done, Cheryl, and welcome.

Wow, that was an introduction.

Thank you so much.

It's good to see everybody.

And I just wanted to let you know that Bobby, the Secretary Kennedy, is working very hard right now.

Regardless of whatever's going on in the world, midterms or not, he's staying focused on the needs of Americans and their health.

And I just wanted to say, I was fortunate to be invited to the Rose Garden on Monday with the president and the first lady, and they established a new women's health division at NIH to strengthen resources and accelerate medical breakthroughs to improve health outcomes for women and girls.

So thank you for all that you've been doing.

Welcome, Cheryl.

Hi, thank you for that.

Sorry, I can't turn on my camera today.

But yes, the dangerous label that Bobby gets.

I think the press loves to call him dangerous because it's a great buzzword that people have an emotional response to.

And it's also very, very vague.

So if they just call him dangerous, they feel like, oh, I've done my job, I can move on.

Cheryl, thanks so much for coming on and hope to see you next time.

Coming in hot

Yeah, I am coming in hot because how is California? Oh, let me see.

Um, I'm staying at my husband's crash pad, whatever that means.

Um-

Yeah, describe our relationship, Cheryl, and just think about the consequences.

Um, okay.

Um, I would sort of describe our relationship as, you know, one of those snakes that Bobby's always grabbing in the driveway.

Um-

Cheryl, take it away.

Thank you, Dr. Oz.

Well, I have been cooking more, actually, since I've been in D.C.

I think Bobby appreciates it, although he really eats a very limited diet.

We know this.

He eats steak and ground beef and fermented vegetables.

So I really don't have to do much cooking for him.

So thank you so much and thanks for coming on.

What was the big turning point for you? Was it just being attached to Bobby and watching all that, or...?

Uh, it was, it was Bobby running for president.

It was...

It's so crazy.

I mean, I really got a crash course in, um, elections, and, uh, it is- c- the craziest shit goes on, and everybody is...

That's all they think about, you know, the people that are involved.

They get up in the morning, "How can I fuck this guy over?" I'm gonna say...

Mm.

Yeah.

And I would watch the show every week and just think, "Ah, Richard Lewis."Um, so when I got to work with him, it was- it was, you know, n- next atmosphere.

I was so happy.

And he ha- like you're saying, he had a very sweet, um, soulful side to him.

And he- even though everybody's always doing comedy bits on shows, especially on Curb, everybody's funny and everybody's doing bits.

Richard would, you know, he would pull you aside and say, "Hey, I really love you."

Yeah, it's crazy, it's crazy.

So, it's so crazy.

And are, are you still kinda surprised by it that these conservatives are usually pretty kinda nice and open-minded and tolerant and decent and all that stuff?

Yeah, I am.

I, I mean, th- that being said, I don't know what I was expecting.

I guess...

I, I, I, I guess I was expecting, you know, the flip side of what I'm experiencing with maybe the left because the left, some people are, uh, very emotional and upset.

Um, and then the...

My experience with the right has been, uh, they, they have been accepting and warm, and, uh, sometimes they'll even say, "I know that, you know, we don't agree on, uh, politics or some things," but they seem more willing to find common ground and just l- accept you as you are, so, and that's been a little surprising.

(laughs) Right, right.

Yes, it goes both ways

... w- with my, um, niece Kaylee and we were looking at, you know, headlines and whatever.

And some people are still talking about The View, and it's interesting the coverage of that appearance on The View because, because a big part of people's criticism of Bobby is that he's not a medical doctor.

And on The View, I said 90% of secretaries of HHS have not been medical doctors.

So you can see when somebody prints an article, if they don't print my response but just print, you know, whoever said, "Your husband's not qualified, he's not even a doctor," you see, oh, okay, they're only printing that side.

They're not printing the response that it's just like what you're talking about.

Yes.

And we...

Would you tell us that story and see if you do it as well as your husband? (laughs)

(laughs) I think I'll do it much better.

Um, yeah.

So, you're right, so Curb Your Enthusiasm is all improvised.

So there was no script.

There, Larry would write a, um, about a three to five page story outline for the show.

So he was, I mean, he's such a great writer and he would write very funny situations.

Can you talk to us a little bit about Michael, why you dedicated the book to him, and what your relationship with him was like?

Do, do, do you ever say to yourself, "I wish I, I, I, I, I, I wasn't the wife of a controversial guy"?

I found myself saying that.

Uh, you know, I, I definitely went through that, um, when Bobby started running for president.

It was har- it was challenging, right? Because I wasn't quite ready.

I didn't think I was ready to, uh, sort of see what was on the other side of the door, 'cause I had, I had spent so many years building this career.

That's all I've ever wanted to do was act and, um...

And so, you know, when you wake up one day...

All right.

What does that look like behind the scenes? How do you keep your sense of calm? What's that look like on a day-to-day basis?

Sometimes I don't keep my sense of calm.

It...

Well, you know, for instance, when I hear... an alarm or a sound, especially if I'm in a public place.

It registers and I immediately look around to see what's going on, to see where the closest exit is.

I'm very aware of who I'm traveling with or who I'm with, if it's my kids.

So it's always a high alert because something could happen at any time.

What was your reaction to her allegations then? And what's your reaction now that she's writing a book?

(laughs)

... that was also part of, um, what, you know...

There were so many things that were very surreal about it, about Bobby running.

But that was one of them, where I, you know...

That was a big concern, the, the biggest concern about him running, is, was security, because I, you know, I'm like (laughs), "This is, you're putting yourself out there, and yes, your father was assassinated while he was running for president.

Your uncle was assassinated when he was president.

Um, that is s- This is so dangerous." And, and then I thought, a-at the beginning, I, I thought, "Okay, he's announcing he's running for president.

Yes.

(laughs) They're the other team.

Yeah.

Um, so I wouldn't say I was h- I was hilarious then, but when, by the time I got to high school, I could see what was funny, you know.

Even like growing up without money, um, you know, my sister and I would go to Goodwill to buy our prom dresses.

We actually, we made our own, um, boutonnieres for our dates.

Uh, which is kind of funny 'cause it's not as easy as you think it might be.

(laughs)

But, you know, in the improv world, you are taught to make choices so quickly and to assume a relationship, and, um, you know, have a lot of physicality in a scene.