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The Brett Cooper Show

The Carolyn Bessette Trend Taking Over TikTok: Hit Men | Episode 151

The Brett Cooper Show

Brett Cooper

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Love Story, the new JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette show, has sparked a massive Gen Z obsession, with women online copying her style and romanticizing her relationship. But the internet may be idolizing Carolyn Bessette for reasons that reveal something troubling about modern dating and culture. Join the Cooper Confidential Community to get Farm vlogs, Q&As, and ad-free episodes: https://cooperconfidential.com Balance of Nature: Learn how phytonutrients support your health and why Balance of Nature makes it easy—order the Whole Health System at https://balanceofnature.com/pages/podcasters as a Preferred Customer. Helix: Upgrade your sleep visit https://helixsleep.com/BRETT for 27% off sitewide! #brettcooper #brettcoopershow #thebrettcoopershow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Project Hail Mary is an extraordinary cinematic experience.

0:04.0

You're a great scientist, Dr. Grace. The world is counting on you.

0:07.0

Starring Ryan Gosling.

0:08.0

So I met an alien.

0:10.0

Two worlds, one impossible mission.

0:12.0

We're gonna save the stars.

0:14.0

Project Hail Mary.

0:15.0

Amaze, amaze, amaze.

0:16.0

Seat first March 14th and 15th in Cinemas Everywhere March 19th.

0:20.0

Alright, so Ryan Murphy's new show Love Story, which is about JFK Jr. and Carolyn Beset's love story is taking over the internet.

0:26.6

And I think it says a lot about young people's desperate need to follow trends, and also the perilous relationship between men and women online.

0:34.6

If you have no idea what I am talking about, FX, and the team behind

0:38.1

American Horror Story, aka Ryan Murphy, they just released a TV show about the love story

0:42.6

between JFK's son, JP Jr. and his wife Carolyn Beset, and their untimely death only three

0:47.5

years into their marriage. It covers some of the Kennedy family tensions, life in the spotlight,

0:52.2

what the paparazzi was like back in the 90s, and it has absolutely blown up. Carolyn Beset, who was already an icon for many, has been pushed into the mainstream for my generation in more ways than one. Because people are copying her style. Take a look at what I'm wearing. The restaurants where she ate. And yes, the fact that she allegedly beat up her husband. So yeah, let's talk about it.

1:11.9

Now, before we do, make sure you watch till the end, so you see a preview for our latest blog up on Cooper Confidential. If this one is about the latest cow that was born on our farm, you don't want to miss it. All right, so in last week's episode about Gen Z and our lack of partying and what we can do about it. And also, I know side note, I just want to say so many of you guys emailed me and told me that you guys were throwing parties that you invited people over.

1:29.8

I love it.

1:30.2

We're going to talk about that at another time, but I'm very excited about that. Anyway, that is an aside. It just made me very happy. But in that episode, I briefly referenced to this 90s nostalgia and how my generation, and honestly, millennials as well, is yearning for and trying to emulate, a time that most of us barely even knew and like me were not even

1:46.5

born into and a huge drive- honestly, millennials as well, is yearning for and trying to emulate, a time that most of us barely

1:44.7

even knew and like me were not even born into. And a huge driver of that nostalgia right now

1:49.7

is this new love story TV show. The response has been insane. Already there have been multiple

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