Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bassette

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that she was extremely late to the airstrip because she spent a couple of hours at the nail salon having the paint color redone several times to match her outfit for the rehearsal dinner.
By the time she finally arrived, it was dark already. They should have just skipped the dinner and waited until the next day to fly to the wedding but he thought they could still arrive in time for dinner even though he had not yet achieved the level of flying by instrument panel. There is no horizon in the darkness. They probably had no idea that they were heading into the water.
Both parties were daft. This is why his mother prohibited him from pursuing flying small aircrafts while she was alive. She understood something about his lack of judgement.

Not believing this for one second. This does not sound like something she would do AT ALL.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Carolyn was a very pretty woman but I never understood the hype behind her personal style.

I loved her style, still do. She was the perfect vehicle for it too, willowy icy blonde, though I thought she was far more gorgeous before her makeover. There would have been hype surrounding anyone who married the "prince."

I think she had a great idea for modern-yet-classic silhouettes and especially liked her streetwear but she was far from a risktaker. I only remember one time she didn't wear basic black, white, grey, or beige. Meh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carolyn was a very pretty woman but I never understood the hype behind her personal style.

I loved her style, still do. She was the perfect vehicle for it too, willowy icy blonde, though I thought she was far more gorgeous before her makeover. There would have been hype surrounding anyone who married the "prince."

I think she had a great idea for modern-yet-classic silhouettes and especially liked her streetwear but she was far from a risktaker. I only remember one time she didn't wear basic black, white, grey, or beige. Meh.

^^ eye

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that she was extremely late to the airstrip because she spent a couple of hours at the nail salon having the paint color redone several times to match her outfit for the rehearsal dinner.
By the time she finally arrived, it was dark already. They should have just skipped the dinner and waited until the next day to fly to the wedding but he thought they could still arrive in time for dinner even though he had not yet achieved the level of flying by instrument panel. There is no horizon in the darkness. They probably had no idea that they were heading into the water.
Both parties were daft. This is why his mother prohibited him from pursuing flying small aircrafts while she was alive. She understood something about his lack of judgement.

Not believing this for one second. This does not sound like something she would do AT ALL.

(DP) I’m old enough to remember their relationship and death due to a People magazine subscription and being very invested as a teenager. Ha.

The rumor that she caused them to start out late due to her nails was well known. The public back then perceived her as very difficult and demanding. Obviously I have no idea if it is true. Just saying, PP didn’t make it up, it’s what the public was told via gossip mags.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that she was extremely late to the airstrip because she spent a couple of hours at the nail salon having the paint color redone several times to match her outfit for the rehearsal dinner.
By the time she finally arrived, it was dark already. They should have just skipped the dinner and waited until the next day to fly to the wedding but he thought they could still arrive in time for dinner even though he had not yet achieved the level of flying by instrument panel. There is no horizon in the darkness. They probably had no idea that they were heading into the water.
Both parties were daft. This is why his mother prohibited him from pursuing flying small aircrafts while she was alive. She understood something about his lack of judgement.

Not believing this for one second. This does not sound like something she would do AT ALL.

(DP) I’m old enough to remember their relationship and death due to a People magazine subscription and being very invested as a teenager. Ha.

The rumor that she caused them to start out late due to her nails was well known. The public back then perceived her as very difficult and demanding. Obviously I have no idea if it is true. Just saying, PP didn’t make it up, it’s what the public was told via gossip mags.

Rumor is that the Kennedys put that out there to deflect blame from John. They were APPALLING to the Bessettes.

A witness at the airport stated they arrived within a short time of each other. Since he had to prep the plane anyway, the small difference hardly mattered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that she was extremely late to the airstrip because she spent a couple of hours at the nail salon having the paint color redone several times to match her outfit for the rehearsal dinner.
By the time she finally arrived, it was dark already. They should have just skipped the dinner and waited until the next day to fly to the wedding but he thought they could still arrive in time for dinner even though he had not yet achieved the level of flying by instrument panel. There is no horizon in the darkness. They probably had no idea that they were heading into the water.
Both parties were daft. This is why his mother prohibited him from pursuing flying small aircrafts while she was alive. She understood something about his lack of judgement.

Not believing this for one second. This does not sound like something she would do AT ALL.

(DP) I’m old enough to remember their relationship and death due to a People magazine subscription and being very invested as a teenager. Ha.

The rumor that she caused them to start out late due to her nails was well known. The public back then perceived her as very difficult and demanding. Obviously I have no idea if it is true. Just saying, PP didn’t make it up, it’s what the public was told via gossip mags.

Rumor is that the Kennedys put that out there to deflect blame from John. They were APPALLING to the Bessettes.

A witness at the airport stated they arrived within a short time of each other. Since he had to prep the plane anyway, the small difference hardly mattered.

Yeah I'm glad the Bessettes got a hefty settlement, the least they deserved. Not that any amount of money offsets their enormous personal loss. The Kennedys are monsters and I truly hate that anyone idolizes them. The only good ones died a long time ago.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that she was extremely late to the airstrip because she spent a couple of hours at the nail salon having the paint color redone several times to match her outfit for the rehearsal dinner.
By the time she finally arrived, it was dark already. They should have just skipped the dinner and waited until the next day to fly to the wedding but he thought they could still arrive in time for dinner even though he had not yet achieved the level of flying by instrument panel. There is no horizon in the darkness. They probably had no idea that they were heading into the water.
Both parties were daft. This is why his mother prohibited him from pursuing flying small aircrafts while she was alive. She understood something about his lack of judgement.

Not believing this for one second. This does not sound like something she would do AT ALL.

(DP) I’m old enough to remember their relationship and death due to a People magazine subscription and being very invested as a teenager. Ha.

The rumor that she caused them to start out late due to her nails was well known. The public back then perceived her as very difficult and demanding. Obviously I have no idea if it is true. Just saying, PP didn’t make it up, it’s what the public was told via gossip mags.

Rumor is that the Kennedys put that out there to deflect blame from John. They were APPALLING to the Bessettes.

A witness at the airport stated they arrived within a short time of each other. Since he had to prep the plane anyway, the small difference hardly mattered.

Yeah I'm glad the Bessettes got a hefty settlement, the least they deserved. Not that any amount of money offsets their enormous personal loss. The Kennedys are monsters and I truly hate that anyone idolizes them. The only good ones died a long time ago.

I never thought Caroline seemed nice, and her husband is a renowned @sshole, but they must have done something right raising Tatiana. She seemed like a nice, down-to-earth young woman who embodied the best of Kennedy commitment to public service. Jack is an immature brat, but maybe just maybe he's starting to grow up. And I always thought Kerry Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend seemed okay. A lot of dysfunction and entitlement in that family too, of course, but I don't think they're all horrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that she was extremely late to the airstrip because she spent a couple of hours at the nail salon having the paint color redone several times to match her outfit for the rehearsal dinner.
By the time she finally arrived, it was dark already. They should have just skipped the dinner and waited until the next day to fly to the wedding but he thought they could still arrive in time for dinner even though he had not yet achieved the level of flying by instrument panel. There is no horizon in the darkness. They probably had no idea that they were heading into the water.
Both parties were daft. This is why his mother prohibited him from pursuing flying small aircrafts while she was alive. She understood something about his lack of judgement.

Not believing this for one second. This does not sound like something she would do AT ALL.

(DP) I’m old enough to remember their relationship and death due to a People magazine subscription and being very invested as a teenager. Ha.

The rumor that she caused them to start out late due to her nails was well known. The public back then perceived her as very difficult and demanding. Obviously I have no idea if it is true. Just saying, PP didn’t make it up, it’s what the public was told via gossip mags.

It is 2026 and you're basing this on People magazine's reporting from 1999. FML.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that she was extremely late to the airstrip because she spent a couple of hours at the nail salon having the paint color redone several times to match her outfit for the rehearsal dinner.
By the time she finally arrived, it was dark already. They should have just skipped the dinner and waited until the next day to fly to the wedding but he thought they could still arrive in time for dinner even though he had not yet achieved the level of flying by instrument panel. There is no horizon in the darkness. They probably had no idea that they were heading into the water.
Both parties were daft. This is why his mother prohibited him from pursuing flying small aircrafts while she was alive. She understood something about his lack of judgement.

Not believing this for one second. This does not sound like something she would do AT ALL.

(DP) I’m old enough to remember their relationship and death due to a People magazine subscription and being very invested as a teenager. Ha.

The rumor that she caused them to start out late due to her nails was well known. The public back then perceived her as very difficult and demanding. Obviously I have no idea if it is true. Just saying, PP didn’t make it up, it’s what the public was told via gossip mags.

Rumor is that the Kennedys put that out there to deflect blame from John. They were APPALLING to the Bessettes.

A witness at the airport stated they arrived within a short time of each other. Since he had to prep the plane anyway, the small difference hardly mattered.

Yeah I'm glad the Bessettes got a hefty settlement, the least they deserved. Not that any amount of money offsets their enormous personal loss. The Kennedys are monsters and I truly hate that anyone idolizes them. The only good ones died a long time ago.

I never thought Caroline seemed nice, and her husband is a renowned @sshole, but they must have done something right raising Tatiana. She seemed like a nice, down-to-earth young woman who embodied the best of Kennedy commitment to public service. Jack is an immature brat, but maybe just maybe he's starting to grow up. And I always thought Kerry Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend seemed okay. A lot of dysfunction and entitlement in that family too, of course, but I don't think they're all horrible.

RFK had 34 grandkids so there are probably some that are living nice, normal below-the-radar lives. Ted had more than than 10 grandkids, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that she was extremely late to the airstrip because she spent a couple of hours at the nail salon having the paint color redone several times to match her outfit for the rehearsal dinner.
By the time she finally arrived, it was dark already. They should have just skipped the dinner and waited until the next day to fly to the wedding but he thought they could still arrive in time for dinner even though he had not yet achieved the level of flying by instrument panel. There is no horizon in the darkness. They probably had no idea that they were heading into the water.
Both parties were daft. This is why his mother prohibited him from pursuing flying small aircrafts while she was alive. She understood something about his lack of judgement.

Not believing this for one second. This does not sound like something she would do AT ALL.

(DP) I’m old enough to remember their relationship and death due to a People magazine subscription and being very invested as a teenager. Ha.

The rumor that she caused them to start out late due to her nails was well known. The public back then perceived her as very difficult and demanding. Obviously I have no idea if it is true. Just saying, PP didn’t make it up, it’s what the public was told via gossip mags.

It is 2026 and you're basing this on People magazine's reporting from 1999. FML.

Do, but that is more likely to be accurate. Now both John and Carolyn are being deified. Journalism was actually much better then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Carolyn was a very pretty woman but I never understood the hype behind her personal style.

I did. She looked like someone who was effortlessly beautiful. A total it girl. Granted, I was 10 years old when she passed away so I’m sure what appeared effortless to me actually required a lot of maintenance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that she was extremely late to the airstrip because she spent a couple of hours at the nail salon having the paint color redone several times to match her outfit for the rehearsal dinner.
By the time she finally arrived, it was dark already. They should have just skipped the dinner and waited until the next day to fly to the wedding but he thought they could still arrive in time for dinner even though he had not yet achieved the level of flying by instrument panel. There is no horizon in the darkness. They probably had no idea that they were heading into the water.
Both parties were daft. This is why his mother prohibited him from pursuing flying small aircrafts while she was alive. She understood something about his lack of judgement.

Not believing this for one second. This does not sound like something she would do AT ALL.

(DP) I’m old enough to remember their relationship and death due to a People magazine subscription and being very invested as a teenager. Ha.

The rumor that she caused them to start out late due to her nails was well known. The public back then perceived her as very difficult and demanding. Obviously I have no idea if it is true. Just saying, PP didn’t make it up, it’s what the public was told via gossip mags.

It is 2026 and you're basing this on People magazine's reporting from 1999. FML.

Do, but that is more likely to be accurate. Now both John and Carolyn are being deified. Journalism was actually much better then.

Seriously? All the Kennedys had to do was have someone place a call blaming Carolyn and People would publish it. Then and now, it's little more than a PR mouthpiece.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that she was extremely late to the airstrip because she spent a couple of hours at the nail salon having the paint color redone several times to match her outfit for the rehearsal dinner.
By the time she finally arrived, it was dark already. They should have just skipped the dinner and waited until the next day to fly to the wedding but he thought they could still arrive in time for dinner even though he had not yet achieved the level of flying by instrument panel. There is no horizon in the darkness. They probably had no idea that they were heading into the water.
Both parties were daft. This is why his mother prohibited him from pursuing flying small aircrafts while she was alive. She understood something about his lack of judgement.

I don’t ever think I’ve seen a photo of her even wearing any nail polish (she barely wore recognizable make up). She certainly wouldn’t be getting matchy-matchy manicure with her dress color. Come on. Do you believe everything you read?

[Anonymous]

I watched the first three episodes. It's slow and I could not stand Naomi Watts as Jackie. She give him life advice which sounds inane--the writing is not brilliant. She comes off as a dimwit. Grace Gummer as Caroline seems like a good imitation of Caroline K. The leads are fine but Carolyn is portrayed as soft and retiring and I always had the impression she was firy and flinty. I liked seeing his relationship with Darryl Hannah. It's dumb but something to half-watch while doing crosswords for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I watched the first three episodes. It's slow and I could not stand Naomi Watts as Jackie. She give him life advice which sounds inane--the writing is not brilliant. She comes off as a dimwit. Grace Gummer as Caroline seems like a good imitation of Caroline K. The leads are fine but Carolyn is portrayed as soft and retiring and I always had the impression she was firy and flinty. I liked seeing his relationship with Darryl Hannah. It's dumb but something to half-watch while doing crosswords for me.

Agree Naomi is awful in the role, and the writing is beyond terrible. Sarah Pidgeon holds the screen but neither of them captures the spirit of John and Carolyn.