The True Story Behind Love Story: JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette

I’ve always been fascinated by the story of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, and it all started, tragically, with that flight in 1999. But the show beautifully takes you back to how they actually met, in 1992. Carolyn was really making a name for herself at Calvin Klein – she just had this natural flair and was so good with people. John, though, seemed to be at a bit of a crossroads. He’d been People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive in ’88, but by ’92, things weren’t going so well with his job as a lawyer, and the press often made fun of him. It’s a poignant contrast, really, seeing where they both were at that time.






