How JFK Jr. died with a broken heart
He was also haunted by missed opportunities with past lovers, including his college girlfriend Christina Haag and screen beauty Daryl Hannah, who many friends believe was the real love of his life.
A friend remembers that JFK Jr. told him about making love with the actress, who played the famous mermaid in the popular comedy Splash. “In the heat of his passion, Daryl suddenly made that high-pitched squealing noise she did in the movie,” JFK Jr. said. “We were both laughing so hard we almost fell out of bed.”
Then he turned serious and added, “It was marry Daryl or say goodbye forever, that was the choice.” I didn’t want to lose her, but I wasn’t ready for marriage.’
It seems the marriage wasn’t ready for JFK Jr. either. and Bessette. After leaving their New York apartment in April 1999, JFK Jr. to a friend: “Even Madonna didn’t treat me that bad, and she told the world I was a lousy lover!”
Days before their fateful flight together, JFK Jr., 38, checked into Manhattan’s elegant Stanhope Hotel and winkingly told an employee that Bessette, 33, had “kicked me out.”
He also called a friend the day he died, July 16, 1999, to talk about breakfast with Baker. “This is it, man,” he added. “I think I’m going to divorce Carolyn.”
But they were together when their tragic fairy tale ended in death.
The sordid details of the couple’s doomed relationship have emerged again in the wake of the airing of the Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette show – a biographical romance anthology series on FX and Hulu.
The nine-episode series dramatizes the intense, high-profile relationship between JFK Jr. (played by Paul Anthony Kelly) and Bessette (played by Sarah Pidgeon).
Jack Schlossberg, JFK Jr.’s cousin, has criticized the show for exploiting family life for profit. Hannah also criticized her portrayal as inaccurate.
