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Pop Apologists

Revisiting The Great American Romance of JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette

Pop Apologists

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Society & Culture, Talk Radio

4.42.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

This week we are deep diving into the lives of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and JFK, Jr. and their iconic American romance. Who exactly was Carolyn before she waltzed into JFK Jr.'s glittering orbit? What exactly made the American prince forego his supermodel habit in favor of a normal girl from White Plains, New York? How did Jackie O. feel about her son as he rose to prominence as the American sex symbol of his time? Why was Carolyn two hours late to her own wedding? And what happened on the fateful night when they met their untimely demise? We answer these questions and much, much more. Buckle in, bb's! Shop Clean Simple Eats protein powder a nd use code POPAPOLOGISTS for 10% off! To support the show, consider subscribing on Patreon or on Apple Podcasts, where you can get a bonus episode of Pop Apologists every Friday! Please note this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.

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0:00.0

Hello, loser. Oh, really? Really. That's how you want to get this started. Actually, I appreciate that. It's better than the well, well, well, well, well, pretty sick of. Oh, my gosh, Chandler. Today is an interesting day recording the pod.

0:20.4

Because lots going on, but we are taking a little bit of

0:25.6

a left turn from current events. I'm happy to go back in time. Today feels like a very heavy day

0:33.3

with like the Roe v. Wade stuff that we woke up to. The mecala looks, a lot of them were a big fat let down to me.

0:41.0

So I'm happy to go back in time today, Lauren.

0:44.4

Yeah, I had this idea a few weeks ago.

0:47.9

I thought, let's, I think maybe once a month, let's do an episode that's just like basically telling the story,

0:56.5

doing a deep dive into a couple or a person or an event, something that has a lot of

1:03.9

public interest. So this is the first, a series of essentially pop apologist covering icons. And today we're covering an iconic

1:13.6

couple. So we are very, very excited because we are going to be chatting the romance,

1:21.6

the lives, the human beings, the sordid tales, the drama, the gossip, everything that you want to know about JFK Jr. and Carolyn

1:31.0

Beset Kennedy. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Correct. And, you know, it's interesting because as I was reviewing all

1:38.8

of the research for today, I just really loved reading about it. Like, yeah, it's fascinating. It's, it's fascinating to,

1:48.9

like, not only is their love story almost out of a fairy tale, but I think the history with JFK

1:55.5

Jr. and how he was, you know, the boy saluting his father's casket.

2:01.2

Like, just the history is so rich.

2:03.6

And he was also really hot, which makes it very interesting to learn about, frankly.

2:08.3

That was actually one of my first go-to instincts as I was researching all of this was

2:14.4

I was really just kind of taken aback by how much our country used to

2:20.2

be blessed with very attractive politicians like hot presidents hot presidents wise with great style

2:27.7

besides jfk junior i mean who else besides jfk jfk i, people would argue that Obama was hot.

2:34.1

You're like Orson Wells.

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