Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pleading with his wife, Cheryl Hines, not to divorce him over his alleged affair with political journalist Olivia Nuzzi. According to a People source, the politician is “begging” Hines, who finds this whole ordeal “embarrassing.”

People is reporting that the couple has "barely spoken" since the news that Kennedy "engaged in a personal relationship" with a high-profile journalist came to light.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is “begging” wife Cheryl Hines not to file for divorce in the wake of his alleged "personal relationship" with journalist Olivia Nuzzi. A source close to Hines tells PEOPLE exclusively that the former presidential candidate's alleged affair with the New York magazine reporter, 31, is “embarrassing” for her.