Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy Biography Top 5 Revelations -Exclusive-
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00:02 Do you believe she had any regrets
00:04 about marrying into the Kennedy family?
00:06 That is hard to know.
00:09 I think early years in a marriage are the hardest years.
00:13 I think it was frightening.
00:15 I think it took her a while to get comfortable.
00:19 I think she very much did not want to disappoint John.
00:23 She saw fame as the thief of joy.
00:26 The tabloids were relentless,
00:27 claiming Carolyn was torn between two lovers,
00:30 having a nervous breakdown,
00:32 and there was cocaine jealousy abuse.
00:34 Once upon a time, the captivating life
00:36 of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy,
00:38 out now, sets the record straight.
00:40 We're talking the top five biggest revelations
00:43 about John F. Kennedy Jr. and his bride
00:45 with author Elizabeth Beller.
00:47 There were rumors of drug use,
00:50 and it seemed like maybe the tabloids used that
00:53 as a way to paint her in this poor light.
00:57 I spoke to at least 100 people.
00:59 They all said, "Absolutely not."
01:01 She did not have a drug habit.
01:04 Caroline, Caroline, over here.
01:05 She didn't want to go step outside.
01:08 She actually started to hide at home,
01:10 and that was the opposite of who she was.
01:13 And the more she isolated herself, the sadder she got.
01:18 Two, what happened the night the couple tragically died?
01:21 I don't know if I wanna say
01:22 that they were vilified after their deaths,
01:24 but there was a lot of finger-pointing blame.
01:27 Part of the reason I wrote the book
01:30 was there was a book blaming Carolyn,
01:34 saying that she made them late for the airport
01:38 because she was sitting getting a pedicure for three hours
01:42 just to get the perfect shade of lavender,
01:44 which makes no sense because she always wore black.
01:47 John is also a careful pilot.
01:50 The director of the Martha's Vineyard Airport
01:53 talked about how he would come to get his plane
01:56 and go over everything,
01:58 check absolutely everything before he took off,
02:00 whereas a lot of other private pilots
02:02 would just jump in their plane and go.
02:04 So the whole thing where he's a risk-taker
02:09 and he was careless, I don't think it was that.
02:13 Number three, the story behind this very public argument.
02:16 It really etched in stone this idea of her
02:21 as wild and unappreciative of John.
02:26 And part of the irony there is she's a person, I think,
02:29 who practiced a lot of random acts of kindness.
02:33 Four, John's biggest regret.
02:35 Carolyn never met Jackie Kennedy.
02:37 Right.
02:38 Was that something that she maybe was resentful of?
02:41 I think it was a sticking point.
02:43 It planted a little seed of doubt.
02:45 And once he actually realized Carolyn was the one,
02:49 by then, Jackie was quite sick.
02:51 Finally, the book also touches on Princess Diana's death
02:55 and why John never reached out to William and Harry.
02:58 It was painful for him to see someone else
03:01 lose their life and have it gone over in such a public way.
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