Chelsea Handler criticized Robert F Kennedy Jr and Cheryl Hines for allegedly selling her a ‘f***ed up’ California mansion that she claims she has been unable to live in for over five years.
Handler bought the mansion from the Health and Human Services Secretary and his wife for $5.9 million in 2021.
However, during an episode of her podcast, Handler ranted to fellow comic Denis Leary about being unable to move in due to an allegedly poor foundation and an ‘illegal’ outdoor storage structure.
‘I bought RFK Jr.’s house in Los Angeles five years ago. I still have not lived in this house, that’s how f***ed up this house was,’ Handler fumed.
The comedian claimed that inspections revealed issues with the five-bedroom, 5,474-square-foot mansion which she was assured would be fixed.
Handler said she had no idea who the previous owners were because the sale was done through trusts on both sides, which kept the identities of both the seller and buyer anonymous. Handler’s trust was registered under the name of her sister Simone, according to Realtor.com.
‘It was a disaster, and I didn’t know it going in because everything was, you know, under wraps,’ she claimed.
Handler added that only ‘in the last week of inspection’ was it discovered the renovations she was told would happen never materialized, having previously been assured that ‘everything’s been redone.’
Chelsea Handler criticized Robert F Kennedy Jr and Cheryl Hines for allegedly selling her a ‘f***ed up’ California mansion that she claims she has been unable to live in for over five years
Handler bought the mansion from the now Health and Human Services Secretary and the Curb Your Enthusiasm star for $5.9 million in 2021
When inspectors came in to the property, she said they told her: ‘This house is the most toxic environment. You cannot live here for at least two years.’
‘Now we have to remove his illegal bulls**t from my property and I’m like, how did they not find this upon the first inspection?’ Handler said, saying that their renovations, including the outdoor storage structure, made ‘the house less valuable.’
She said the final nail in the coffin came from Hines herself, who allegedly offered to help once Handler bought the property, having bought another home on the same street for $6.6 million.
‘They had the audacity to leave me a note. Cheryl Hines left me a note saying, ”Let us know if there’s anything we can do for you, Chelsea.” I’m like, yeah, how about a f***ing foundation. That’s something you could do for me.’
The comedian, an outspoken liberal, used the situation to slam Kennedy’s work in Washington with Donald Trump.
‘The idea that this guy is in charge of the health of our country when he didn’t even have a proper foundation at his house,’ she continued.
The Daily Mail reached out to Secretary Kennedy for comment.
The home, built on a full acre of land in 1937, was sold to Handler in October of 2021, for approximately $5.85 million.
The final nail in the coffin came reportedly from Hines herself, who allegedly offered to help once Handler bought the property
The home, built on a full acre of land in 1937, was sold to Handler in October of 2021, for approximately $5.85 million
Kennedy saw a stroke of bad luck Monday when a federal judge blocked him from reducing the recommended number of childhood vaccines.
Judge Brian E Murphy ruled that the secretary also likely violated federal procedures when he revamped a key vaccine advisory committee which helped secure the reforms.
The decision handed down Monday temporarily halts Kennedy’s order to end broad recommendations for all children to be vaccinated against flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, some forms of meningitis and RSV.
It also stopped a meeting of a Kennedy-appointed vaccine advisory committee, which was set to convene this week in Atlanta.
The judge’s order, however, is not the final word. The blocks are temporary, pending either a trial or a decision for summary judgment.
Federal health officials indicated they planned to appeal.
‘HHS looks forward to this judge’s decision being overturned just like his other attempts to keep the Trump administration from governing,’ said Department of Health and Human Services spokesman Andrew Nixon.
Kennedy, a leading anti-vaccine activist before becoming the nation’s top health official, fired the entire 17-member panel last year and replaced it with a group that includes several anti-vaccine voices.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Kennedy and Hines’s representatives for comment.