Kerry Kennedy is proud of her cousin Tatiana Schlossberg after she went public with her terminal cancer diagnosis.

“I think she is so courageous to put herself out [there] in such a public way and all of us are holding her close to our hearts and holding Caroline [Kennedy] especially as well,” Kerry, 66, exclusively told Us Weekly at the annual Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala on Tuesday, December 9.

Last month, Caroline’s daughter Tatiana, 35, revealed that she had been battling acute myeloid leukemia and was given a year to live. (Caroline, 68, shares Tatiana, daughter Rose Schlossberg and son, Jack Schlossberg, with husband Edwin Schlossberg.)

“I did not — could not — believe that they were talking about me. I had swum a mile in the pool the day before, nine m

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