Following the release of the series Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, the late attorney and publisher is subject to renewed interest. However, a recent biographer who wrote about the son of President John F. Kennedy has a very different account of his life.
On a recent episode of The Nerve With Maureen Callahan, the author criticized showrunner Ryan Murphy for perceived inaccuracies. One such example was surprisingly NSFW. Although Ryan’s shows aren’t normally shy when it comes to nudity, the writer claimed there wasn’t enough.
JFK Jr. was an “exhibitionist” according to biographer Maureen Callahan
The author of Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed cited one scene, set in a gym locker room, as having “many problems”. The scene saw JFK Jr. discuss recent press coverage of his personal life, prompting him to say, “I can’t show my face around the city with these headlines everywhere.” His cousin, Anthony Radziwill, responds, But you show your d*ck to everyone at the gym.”
“Apparently, that’s all I’m good for,” John quips.
“John Jr. was such an exhibitionist,” the author responded on the podcast. “So, you’re going to tell me, ‘the big bad media?’ He loved the media attention,” Maureen insisted.
“He loved nothing more than ripping off his shirt and running around in Central Park, okay? And making sure all the paparazzi got great views, okay? Great sight lines.”
“He would walk around the gym naked all the time,” she alleged. “Like picking at his pubic hair and inspecting his genitalia, like teasing other men.”
Maureen also hit out at the show-runner for implying Carolyn was responsible for the fatala airplane crash in another scene. “The implication is John would never have crashed his plane if his shallow, superficial, vain, glorious wife hadn’t been getting a pedicure and just making the pedicurist redo and redo and redo,” she said.
“This is so misogynistic, and it is straight out of the Kennedy male playbook, which is blame the women,” she continued. “And if you can’t make them mentally ill and if you can’t make them crazy and if you can’t kill them, you know, just make up something. Make up something. Make up something misogynistic.”
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