Encore: Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?
2/26/202649 min
Glynnis MacNichol, author of I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself, returns to join Vanessa for a deep dive into Hulu’s buzzy new series Love Story, which chronicles the magnetic — and ultimately tragic — romance between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. Together, they unpack what the show gets right, where it leans into mythmaking, and why America remains so captivated by this iconic couple.
Then, we play Vanessa and Glynnis’s earlier conversation exploring the real-life union that defined ’90s style and tabloid culture, along with their tragic death in a plane accident.
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First 90 secondsGlynnis MacNicol· Guest0:00
[gunshot] What they did to your family, you're lucky to make it out alive Streaming on Peacock.
Speaker 30:06
These men are going to come after me. Taking them out is my only chance.
Speaker 20:10
Put a bullet in her head. [gunshot] From the co-creator of Ozark. Looks like a family was running drugs. Execution-style killing. It's rare for the Keys. Any leads on who they might've been running for? The cartel killed my family.
Speaker 30:23
[dramatic music] I'm gonna kill them. All of them.
Speaker 20:25
M.I.A., streaming now. Only on Peacock. [crickets] Campside Media.
Vanessa Grigoriadis· Host0:33
[upbeat music] Welcome back to Infamous, a Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment production. As you may recall, we had Glynnis MacNicol, a wonderful author and journalist, come on to talk about Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and JFK Jr. around the 25th anniversary of their plane crash. But now, if you are paying some attention to what's out there on the internet, or if you watch Hulu, you may have noticed that Ryan Murphy has out a new multi-part series about their love story.
Speaker 21:19
John, I wanna introduce you to Carolyn Bessette. We talk about the weather Carolyn, this is John Kennedy.
Vanessa Grigoriadis· Host1:27
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