The famous actress denied rumors about her love.
Actress Daryl Hannah has criticized the high-rated miniseries directed by Ryan Murphy "Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette," in which she was portrayed as a villain and antagonist to the main character, who uses cocaine and tries to disrupt a funeral.
Hannah dated Kennedy on and off for five years in the early 1990s, which, according to media reports, displeased his mother — Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. About two years after breaking up with her, John married Bessette.
In an essay for the New York Times, Hannah, who had never publicly spoken about her romance before, stated that her character was conceived as a threat to the romantic relationship of the two main characters. But this, she said, "does not even remotely correspond to her relationship with John," although many people believed what they saw on screen, failing to distinguish artistic dramatization from documented facts.
She specifically refuted numerous moments depicted in the series, including a scene where she throws a party with friends, using cocaine from a Kennedy family heirloom. "I have never done cocaine in my life and have never thrown cocaine parties. I have never forced anyone into marriage. I have never desecrated family heirlooms or interfered with anyone's funeral," Hannah wrote.
The 65-year-old actress also commented on a scene where her character compares Jacqueline Onassis's death to that of her dog, stating that she did not do that.
Hannah accused the creators of the series of misogyny, stating that the show pits women against each other for dramatic tension. "Tension is necessary for storytelling. But a real, living person is not a narrative device. There is also a gender aspect here. Popular culture has long elevated some women by portraying others as rivals, obstacles, or villains. Isn't this a classic example of misogyny — to demean one woman to elevate another? I am horrified that I even have to defend myself against a television show," she said, noting that the project affected her reputation, and she received numerous threatening messages after its release.
The actress emphasized that she has always respected the Kennedy family's right to privacy and has not made any comments about her romance with John. At the same time, she hinted that her real relationship with Jackie Kennedy was not as grim as depicted in the series. Moreover, Jackie even gave the actress advice. "She told me that although tabloids, magazines, and newspapers often sell ridiculous lies, the next day they turn into nothing. At that time, I found great comfort in those words. But today they no longer hold true," Hannah noted.
Kennedy and Hannah met in the early 1980s while vacationing with their families on the Caribbean island of St. Martin. They resumed communication in 1988 when both attended the wedding of a relative of his. They finally broke up in 1994 amid rumors of an impending wedding. About two years after that, John F. Kennedy Jr. married publicist Carolyn Bessette from the Calvin Klein fashion house. Both died on July 16, 1999, in a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean. The 38-year-old Kennedy was piloting the plane himself but made a mistake in poor visibility conditions, causing the aircraft to enter a spin and crash into the ocean at high speed. Carolyn was 33 years old, and her sister was also with them. The bodies of all three victims were found five days after the crash.
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