“It must be painful for them,” said Bob Shrum, who for years was one of the leading advisers to Edward M. Kennedy, the senator and patriarch known as Ted.
“He’s been through some struggles himself,” Mr. Shrum added of Bobby, “and I think they want to love him.
It’s very sad at every level.”Robert Kennedy Jr. opted against discussing his relations with his family.
In a statement to CNN in April shortly before kicking off his campaign, he acknowledged that some relatives do not support him.
Amid reports of infidelity, he separated from his second wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, who also battled addiction and died by suicide in 2012.
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