THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS MARRIAGE
From the outside, they looked like the perfect couple, he a handsome scion of a famous political family and she an impeccibly stylish icy blonde. But John Kennedy and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedywere plagued by rumors of martial discord that surfaced shortly after their ultra-private 1996 wedding. Surpringly, it wasn’t playboy John who had tongues wagging. There were whispers that Carolyn had had an affair with her actor ex, Michael Bergin. No wonder the couple couldn’t get on the same page about starting a family!
Their issues were on full display even before the wedding, when photos of them having an epic fight in New York City’s Washington Square Park, were published around the world in February 1996. According to author Gillon, “The cause of this infamous fight, and the many that followed, stemmed from Carolyn’s ongoing complaint that John let people walk all over him.”
The relationship was at a low point at the time of their tragic plane crash (Carolyn’s sister, Lauren, was also aboard the single-engine plane John was flying), with the two reportedly hoping against hope to ultimately work things out.