Cheryl Hines admits she has gone through “a lot of darkness” over the past few years.

The actress has come under fire for her choice to stand by her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the most divisive men in America.

She has lost friends — and not spoken to her “Curb Your Enthusiasm” co-star Larry David in a “long time” — as members of her husband’s famous family have publicly slammed Kennedy.

And, of course, she has had to face the embarrassment of his alleged online affair, a soap opera that shows no signs of slowing down.

While much of this was going on, Hines has had to cope with the devastating loss of her 20-year-old nephew, Michael, who had cerebral palsy and died in May 2024.

“I went through a lot of darkness and not only because of politics,” Hines, 60, exclusively told Page Six. “I lost my nephew in the last year and it was heartbreaking. And to deal with that loss while this other chaos was going on, there were dark times.

“But I am definitely in a new chapter that I could never have predicted I would be in.”

It’s truly an unexpected situation for the woman who was raised in a trailer in Tallahassee, Florida, and went on to star in an Emmy-winning TV hit.

Hines’ new memoir, “Unscripted,” details much of it, including why she has chosen to stay with husband, who is 71 and now the US Secretary of Health and Human Services.

She readily admits that “people ask me why do I stay married to him.