Donald Trump appeared to awkwardly depart Cheryl Hines hanging when she reached out to shake arms with him at a UFC 314 match in Miami on Saturday (12 April).
The US president warmly greeted Hines’s husband, Well being and Human Companies Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, who was standing instantly subsequent to her. However as Hines ready to shake Trump’s hand, he walked straight previous her.
Hines, an Emmy-nominated star greatest identified for her position within the hit sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm, was unable to cover her disappointment as she frowned, caught out her backside lip and turned to her husband in exasperation, who merely smiled again at her.
Trump arrived at Miami’s Kaseya centre on Saturday and made a cageside look alongside his three grandchildren: Kai, 17, Donald J. Trump III, 16, and Spencer, 12
On his manner in, Trump stopped to greet acquaintances within the viewers, together with RFK Jr, with the pair sharing a handshake and a quick hug.
Footage of Trump giving Hines a chilly shoulder has since gone viral on-line, with followers including the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme tune to the clip.
One viewer wrote on X/Twitter: “Cheryl Hines getting blown off for a handshake by President Trump is simply lacking the Curb theme music.”
One other added: “Trump simply completely blanking RFK’s spouse looks like a scene out of Curb, hysterical.”
“Donald Trump snubbing Cheryl Hines is actually an actual life Curb Your Enthusiasm second,” chimed one other.
One individual mentioned the second would have made for “such a great Curb episode”.
On the occasion, Trump shook arms with supporters whereas others waved his trademark pink MAGA cap.
After the occasion, the president has mentioned he believes the standing ovation he obtained when taking his seat on the sports activities area was a sign his administration is “doing a great job”.
It comes throughout a interval of intense scrutiny for the president after he imposed the steepest American tariffs on imports in over a century, which has been dubbed a “main blow” to the world financial system by consultants.
Talking concerning the standing ovation he obtained to reporters accompanying him aboard Air Pressure One, Trump mentioned: “It says we’re doing a great job. If we weren’t doing a great job, we might get the alternative.”
The president watched Alexander Volkanovski reclaim his featherweight title, defeating Brazilian-Mexican fighter Diego Lopes for the vacant belt. In the meantime, Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett dominated Michael Chandler within the co-main slot, successful a TKO victory.
