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Obama-Produced HBO Satire Skips Cheryl Hines, Mocks RFK Jr., Trump

7/14/2026

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The HBO series Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness premiered without Cheryl Hines, while Barack Obama and Michelle Obama act as co-executive producers.
Co-creator Jeff Schaffer said the team never invited Hines and noted her turn toward MAGA politics after marrying Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The show satirizes Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine stance and mocks a hypothetical U.S. President Donald Trump as a corrupt con man.

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The HBO series Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness premiered without Cheryl Hines, while Barack Obama and Michelle Obama act as co-executive producers.
Co-creator Jeff Schaffer said the team never invited Hines and noted her turn toward MAGA politics after marrying Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The show satirizes Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine stance and mocks a hypothetical U.S. President Donald Trump as a corrupt con man.