John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette's relationship is getting the Ryan Murphy treatment. The couple's romance will be the subject of FX's American Love Story, a new series in the American Story franchise.
The anthology series was first announced in 2021. Three years later, Variety confirmed that the show was still a go. "We’re very much intending to [tell that story]," American Story executive producer Nina Jacobson told Variety in 2024.
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"We have great scripts on that. We’re trying to figure out when it’ll land," fellow EP Brad Simpson added. "It is a story that really resonates right now. It’s amazing. A lot of younger women are looking to her as sort of a representational icon of a certain period of time that’s really fascinating, and hopefully, we’ll be able to bring that to the screen soon."
Before JFK Jr. and Carolyn's love story unfolds onscreen, here is everything we know about American Love Story.
No word yet on who will be portraying the son of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the series. Stay tuned for updates!
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Who will play Carolyn Bessette in American Love Story?
It's been reported that The Wilds and Tiny Beautiful Things' Sarah Pidgeon has been cast to play Bessette. FX and the studio, 20th Television, had no comment when reached by Parade.
American Love Story is an FX series. So it seems likely that it will air not only on FX, but also on Hulu like other FX programs, including Shōgun, The Bear and American Horror Story.
When will American Love Story premiere?
A premiere date for American Love Story has not be announced.
American Love Story is described as a "scripted anthology series of sweeping true love stories that captured the world’s attention." The first installment of the series will depict "the whirlwind courtship and marriage" of JFK Jr. and his wife Carolyn.
How did John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette meet?
In the book Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (via People), author Elizabeth Beller wrote that the couple met while Carolyn was working in VIP sales for Calvin Klein in New York. According to Beller, "In spring 1992, Calvin Klein was just getting back into menswear. None other than John F. Kennedy Jr. had an appointment for a fitting and [Calvin decided] Carolyn should show John the selection. He came out of the meeting smitten, with a few suits and Carolyn’s number."
Similarly, Carole Radziwill, who was married to JFK Jr.'s cousin Anthony Radziwiłł, told Town & Country in 2019, "They met when he went in for a fitting at Calvin Klein, I believe, and she was the person who dealt with celebrities coming in to get free clothes—I'm sure he paid for his clothes though."
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The former first son married Carolyn on September 21, 1996, in a private ceremony held at the First African Baptist Church on Cumberland Island off the coast of Georgia. In remarks at their rehearsal dinner, JFK Jr. said, "Carolyn has changed my life in a way that I never thought was possible, and just made me tonight, the happiest man alive."
What did Carolyn Bessette wear on her wedding day?
For her big day, the bride wore a now-iconic slip dress by Narciso Rodriguez. "I made that wedding dress with so much love for the person that I loved most in the whole world," the designer said in PBS's Finding Your Roots.
How did John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette die?
The couple, as well as Carolyn's sister Lauren Bessette, died in a plane crash on July 16, 1999. Following JFK Jr.'s death, his uncle Ted Kennedy said on behalf of the family (via The Washington Post), “We are filled with unspeakable grief and sadness by the loss of John and Carolyn and Lauren Bessette."
"John was a shining light in all our lives and in the lives of the nation and the world that first came to know him as a little boy," he continued.
William J. Bessette, his former wife Ann Freeman and her husband Richard Freeman also released a joint statement in which they called their daughter Carolyn and JFK Jr. "true soul mates."
"Each of these three young people – Lauren Bessette, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr. – was the embodiment of love, accomplishment and passion for life," they said in a statement read by family friend Grant Stinchfield, adding that "John and Carolyn were true soul mates" and they took "solace in the thought that together they will comfort Lauren for eternity."
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