Earlier than his marriage to Carolyn Bessette — and their tragic deaths — John F. Kennedy Jr. made headlines for his relationship life.
John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy‘s son was within the public eye since he was a baby. By the point he was an grownup, JFK Jr. labored as an assistant district legal professional in Manhattan earlier than launching his personal journal.
In his private life, JFK Jr. was linked to high-profile fashions corresponding to Brooke Shields and Cindy Crawford — in addition to actress Sarah Jessica Parker. He dated Daryl Hannahhowever they in the end referred to as it quits and JFK Jr. discovered love with Bessette.
JFK Jr. and Bessette met within the early Nineties and received married in 1996. They died three years later in 1999 in a airplane crash off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Their romance — and JFK Jr. as a public determine — is the topic of FX’s restricted collection Love Story.
FX’s Love Story brings John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette‘s tragic romance to life — however how does the forged evaluate to their real-life counterparts? Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, which premiered Thursday, February 12, is a restricted collection that explores the “simple chemistry, whirlwind courtship and high-profile marriage of (…)
Preserve scrolling to relive JFK Jr.’s relationship and marriage historical past.
Jenny Christian
After assembly in highschool, Jenny Christian and John F. Kennedy Jr. dated from 1978 to 1979. Christian, who attended Phillips Academy Andover with JFK Jr., was his first severe girlfriend.
Sally Munro
John F. Kennedy Jr. crossed paths with Sally Munro in 1979 whereas they have been each at Brown College. They dated for six years earlier than calling it quits.
Brooke Shields
Whereas at Brown, John F. Kennedy Jr. and Brooke Shields initially met and they have been later linked within the ’80s.
“He saved saying I appeared like his mom, which was actually attention-grabbing and a praise, (however) I additionally was like, ‘I don’t know methods to really feel about this,’” Shields shared on The Howard Stern Present in 2023. “After which we did have an actual date. And I wouldn’t sleep with him as a result of I sort of liked him an excessive amount of.”
Shields referred to her kiss with JFK Jr. as the most effective she’s “ever had,” including, “It was past not-disappointing. … I froze although as a result of he was so valuable to me. I used to be like, ‘Oh, my God, you’re falling in love, and if you happen to sleep with him he could not speak to you once more — and you may’t deal with that.’ I wasn’t enjoying a sport. I actually was simply so afraid of being actually damage, as a result of if I slept with him I’d’ve given him my total universe, my coronary heart, my all the things.”
Christina Haag
After graduating from college, John F. Kennedy Jr. began relationship former classmate Christina Haag. They have been collectively for 5 years and Haag wrote a memoir about their relationship titled Come to the Edge.
Madonna
Throughout a break from his romance with Christina Haag, John F. Kennedy Jr. sparked romance rumors with Madonna, who was going via a separation from Sean Penn.
Julie Baker
John F. Kennedy Jr. met mannequin Julie Baker in 1989. They went on so far on and off earlier than pulling the plug on their relationship in 1991.
“I had no thought he even appreciated me or observed me,” Baker shared in an interview for the 2024 guide JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography by Liz McNeil and Rose Marie Terenzio. “And fewer than per week later, he referred to as me up … I used to be truly shocked to listen to from him. He requested if I wished to go to a poetry studying. And I used to be like, no. You recognize, to me that sounded so boring. It didn’t matter that it was John.”
They remained mates even after their breakup — and Baker noticed JFK Jr. one week earlier than his loss of life.
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Sarah Jessica Parker
John F. Kennedy Jr. and Sarah Jessica Parker dated for six months between 1991 and 1992 earlier than parting methods as a result of public curiosity surrounding their relationship.
Cindy Crawford
In 1995, John F. Kennedy Jr. was rumored to have dated supermodel Cindy Crawford shortly after her divorce from Richard Gere.
Daryl Hannah
John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Daryl Hannah within the Nineties.
Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma through Getty PicturesJohn F. Kennedy Jr. was in a severe relationship with actress Daryl Hannah, whom he had identified because the Eighties. After assembly once more at his aunt Lee Radziwill’s wedding ceremony in 1988, JFK Jr. and Hannah dated for 5 years.
Carolyn Bessette
John F. Kennedy Jr. met Carolyn Bessette when he was nonetheless with Daryl Hannah. Within the early ’90s, the couple received engaged and married in 1996. Regardless of scuffling with their marriage being such a subject of dialogue, JFK Jr. and Bessette have been engaged on their relationship on the time of their deaths in 1999.