New biography challenges long-standing rumors of JFK-Marilyn Monroe affair

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It's broadly believed that Jackie Kennedy was no stranger to President John F. Kennedy’s infidelities. However when it got here to Marilyn Monroe , it was completely different, which is why she allegedly confronted her husband.

The declare was made by J. Randy Taraborrelli, who has written a brand new biography concerning the thirty fifth president, "JFK: Private, Public Secret." It’s a follow-up to his 2023 guide on the late first girl, "Jackie: Public, Personal, Secret." For his newest guide, Taraborrelli drew from a whole lot of interviews carried out over 25 years.

"Jackie cared [about Monroe]," Taraborrelli informed Fox Information Digital. "Jackie mentioned to him, ‘This one’s completely different. This one may very well be bother.’ However JFK was the President of the USA. He was coping with Khrushchev, communism and the potential of an atomic warfare. . . . I don’t suppose Marilyn Monroe was actually on his radar, to be sincere, aside from having her sing ‘Completely happy Birthday’ at Madison Sq. Backyard."

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Creator J. Randy Taraborrelli claimed to Fox Information Digital that Jackie Kennedy (proper) confronted her husband, President John F. Kennedy (heart) about Marilyn Monroe (left). (Sundown Boulevard/Corbis through Getty Pictures ; Getty Pictures)

Taraborrelli claimed the dialog in query passed off earlier than Kennedy's birthday bash on Could 19, 1962. Monroe, who had already established herself as a Hollywood intercourse image, gave a breathless rendition of "Completely happy Birthday" whereas sporting a nude-hued, skin-tight beaded robe.

Jackie was not current on the festivities. As a substitute, she participated within the Loudoun Hunt Horse Present in Leesburg, Virginia . It was a call Jackie’s mom didn’t approve of, the guide claimed.

Jackie Kennedy didn't attend her husband John F. Kennedy's birthday bash in Madison Sq. Backyard the place Marilyn Monroe gave her breathless rendition of "Completely happy Birthday." (Getty Pictures)

"It’s egocentric," the matriarch informed her, as quoted in the book . "Bear in mind who you're. You're the first girl of the USA. She’s simply an actress."

J. Randy Taraborrelli's biography, "JFK: Public, Personal, Secret," is out now. (St. Martin's Press)

However Jackie’s thoughts was made up.

"I believe the explanation for her concern was as a result of she knew her husband nicely, and it made sense to her, I believe, that he was having an affair with Marilyn," Taraborrelli defined to Fox Information Digital.

Marilyn Monroe performing "Completely happy Birthday" to U.S. President John F. Kennedy at Madison Sq. Backyard, New York Metropolis, circa 1962. (Cecil Stoughton, White Home Pictures / ALAMY)

Taraborrelli mentioned Jackie "singled Marilyn out from all of the others," feeling that the display screen siren "may very well be a much bigger drawback."

"JFK’s response to that, although, was that he informed her nothing was occurring between him and Marilyn," mentioned Taraborrelli.

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President John F. Kennedy reportedly informed Jackie Kennedy there was nothing occurring with Marilyn Monroe. (Nationwide Archive/Newsmakers/Getty Pictures)

"However did she consider him? May she consider him? Why would she consider him?" Tararborrelli continued. "… Why would she take his phrase for it? Jackie thinks perhaps JFK is mendacity, however she doesn’t know."

Taraborrelli admitted there's "a lot grey" within the story as a result of "everybody knew a special model of occasions."

J. Randy Taraborrelli's guide on the late first girl, "Jackie: Public, Personal, Secret," got here out in 2023. (St. Martin's Press)

"What we do know is that Marilyn shows up at Madison Square Garden , she sings ‘Completely happy Birthday’ to him. Jackie decides to not attend as a result of she doesn’t wish to endorse it."

Actress Marilyn Monroe sings "Completely happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy at Madison Sq. Backyard. (Bettmann / Contributor Getty Pictures)

For many years, it’s been rumored that the president and the film star had an affair. In keeping with Hollywood lore, it’s lengthy been claimed that the pair spent a weekend at Bing Crosby’s home in early 1962.

For his guide, Taraborrelli spoke to Pat Newcomb, who was Monroe’s publicist and shut good friend. She informed him that no assembly had ever taken place at Crosby's dwelling.

It is lengthy been rumored that John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe spent a weekend at Bing Crosby's home. Monroe's publicist, Pat Newcomb, doubted the declare. (Gene Lester/Getty Pictures)

"Pat Newcomb mentioned Marilyn Monroe informed all people all types of issues, however she by no means informed all people the identical factor," Taraborrelli defined.

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For his new guide, J. Randy Taraborrelli spoke to Pat Newcomb, Marilyn Monroe's good friend and publicist. (Getty Pictures)

"She simply didn't consider that JFK and Marilyn have been having an affair. And as I wrote within the guide, she doesn’t strike me as an individual who would lie about it, not on the age of 95. I believe that’s what occurs with individuals as they become old, and plenty of of my sources for this guide have been of their 90s and 100s. They've lots much less purpose [to lie]. Why defend Marilyn about 65 years after the very fact? There’s nothing that I obtained from Pat that made me really feel like she was considering some sort of mythology."

"She mentioned, ‘Look, I don’t even know where Bing Crosby lived ,’" Taraborrelli shared. "… You don’t take into consideration what your folks have been doing 65 years in the past. But when your good friend was having an affair with John F. Kennedy, the president, I believe it’s one thing that you just’d keep in mind, proper? She’s additionally Marilyn’s publicist. She would’ve been the one to arrange Marilyn going to Palm Springs to be with JFK at Bing Crosby’s home."

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Taraborrelli mentioned he had spoken to a number of sources to study whether or not Monroe and Kennedy had ever had a tryst. He concluded that there isn’t sufficient proof to help that idea.

Marilyn Monroe is seen right here with Bobby Kennedy and John F. Kennedy. It's the solely recognized picture of the trio collectively. (ALAMY)

"[Pat] was fairly adamant that … it may have simply been a figment of Marilyn’s creativeness," Taraborrelli claimed. "And right here’s the factor that folks want to grasp – Marilyn Monroe was the most effective narrator of her personal life. . . . She typically imagined a life for herself that wasn’t actually true. . . . And I believe that’s an enormous a part of how all of this has advanced over time."

"When it got here to that weekend at Bing Crosby’s home, Pat Newcomb didn’t know something about that," Taraborrelli shared. "She mentioned if it had occurred, she would’ve recognized, as a result of she was her greatest good friend. We additionally checked out different sources who’ve informed that story over time, and we have been capable of debunk them."

In keeping with J. Randy Taraborrelli's guide, Jackie Kennedy informed her husband about Marilyn Monroe, "This one’s completely different Jack. This one worries me." (Getty Pictures)

Taraborrelli does consider that at one level, Monroe referred to as the Kennedy home in Hyannis Port in 1962 earlier than the Madison Sq. Backyard occasion. It’s a declare that was beforehand shared in his guide about Jackie. However he was adamant that regardless of Jackie’s reported worries concerning the blonde bombshell, "we don’t have sufficient proof to help that Marilyn and JFK had an affair."

Steve Smith (brother-in-law of President John F. Kennedy) visits Marilyn Monroe throughout a night reception on the residence of Arthur B. Krim and Dr. Mathilde Krim in New York Metropolis. (ALAMY)

In keeping with the guide, Louise "Fifi" Fell, a socialite and good friend of the Kennedys, hosted a black-tie celebration at her New York Metropolis pad in 1962. It was there, Taraborrelli claimed, that Kennedy met Monroe.

"It was a cocktail celebration, and Peter Lawford [actor and Rat Pack member] invited each Marilyn and JFK," Taraborrelli informed Fox Information Digital. "Marilyn was very, very late in getting there. JFK nearly left with out having met her."

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Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 at age 36. (Frank Povolny/Twentieth Century Fox/Sundown Boulevard/Corbis through Getty Pictures)

Six months earlier, Monroe was at a Frank Sinatra concert in Las Vegas. Kennedy's sisters, Jean and Pat, have been additionally current. Lawford then invited Monroe to dinner on the couple’s Santa Monica dwelling in honor of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy, mentioned Taraborrelli. An excited Monroe allegedly informed shut pals that it was "a date" with Bobby. It was actually a get-together with "not less than a dozen others," Taraborrelli identified.

From left: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop in publicity portrait for the movie "Ocean's Eleven," 1960. (Warner Brothers/Getty Pictures)

Monroe died in August 1962 from a barbiturate overdose. She was 36. In keeping with Taraborrelli, Jackie was mentioned to be saddened by the information.

"It was tragic and terrible," Taraborrelli mirrored. "Individuals have been simply very unhappy that an overdose ended her life. It was a horrible, horrible factor."

Whereas Taraborrelli could not confirm the rumor surrounding the star, he did make a stunning discovery about Kennedy.

Jackie Kennedy was mentioned to be saddened by Marilyn Monroe's sudden loss of life. (Getty Pictures)

"What shocked me have been the complexities of his story," Taraborrelli defined. "On this guide, I didn’t wish to defend him … however I believe you may perceive him higher. In direction of the tip of the guide, he takes complete accountability on his half when he tells his sister-in-law, ‘The best way that I handled Jackie was very painful, and by painful, I imply shameful.' That accountability shocked me. He turned a person who understood the harm brought on by his actions [in their marriage]. He did all the pieces he may to rectify it earlier than his loss of life."

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963. (Getty Pictures)

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"Jackie and JFK have been on the brink of renew their wedding ceremony vows," he mentioned. "Her mom even remarked how Jackie was nonetheless so in love with JFK. After which he was murdered. It’s a horrible story, however it’s certainly one of accountability and forgiveness."