When a TV show trashes a reputation

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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MONDAY ANALYSIS: Love Story, the Disney+ series following the relationship between John F. Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, has just wrapped up. Like many other Ryan Murphy shows, the series has drawn an almost-even mix of praise and condemnation. Amongst the show’s detractors, however, are people who actually feature in the real-life story of JFK Jr and CBK: Jack Schlossberg, JFK Jr’s nephew, and the actress Daryl Hannah, his ex-girlfriend. So we wanted to deep the question: Is it ethical to make a television show about someone’s real life? Thankyou so much to Apple TV and their brilliant new series, Margo’s Got Money Troubles, for making this episode of Shameless possible. Also, shout-out to Myer! Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Eilish Gilligan. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Emily Li and Eilish Gilligan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Shameless Media
0:05.0	Shameless Media
0:08.0	M.
0:09.0	Uh,
0:10.0	hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-ha-hoo-ha-oh. Hello and welcome to Shameless the Pop Culture podcast for smart people who love dumb stuff.
0:38.1	You're joined, as always, by Melbourne Writers, Michelle Andrews, that would be me, and Zara
0:42.4	McDonald, that would be you.
0:43.6	Hello, Michelle Andrews and hello, producer, Eilish Gilligan.
0:46.2	Hello.
0:46.7	Hi, Gill, happy Monday, guys.
0:48.9	We are deep diving, love story, the Disney Plus series that follows the relationship between JFK Jr and Carolyn Besant Kennedy,
0:57.5	it has just wrapped up. However, it has garnered a mix of praise and condemnation. Naturally,
1:06.4	some of the people depicted and family members of those depicted have issues with love story
1:12.8	and take umbrage with the way things have been portrayed.
1:16.5	Exactly.
1:17.0	We have, of course, JFK Jr's nephew, Jack Schlossberg, who has come out a few times online
1:22.4	and said that he doesn't endorse or support the television show.
1:25.6	We also had quite a searing piece from Daryl Hannah,
1:28.4	the actress who was portrayed in Love Story in the New York Times, about how she felt about her
1:33.2	own portrayal. And I guess the conversation we wanted to have today is, what are the ethics
1:38.0	behind, you know, portraying and bringing to life someone else's real story? Because it has to happen. We can't never tell
1:46.0	real stories, not to put the cup for the horse. But how do you do it in a way? Is there a way to do
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