In the 1980s, Brooke Shields had a short-lived fling with John F. Kennedy Jr, and the actress is now spilling the beans on what the son of former President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was like as a potential lover.
In a March 6 TikTok video, Brooke described the late JFK Jr. as being "one of the best" kissers. Alongside her daughter, Rowen Henchy, Brooke appeared in the video, which saw the pair lip-sync to Taylor Swift and Charli xcx's performance of "Boom Clap" from the 1989 tour. As they danced, text appeared over the clip that read: "I wonder if JFK Jr. was a good kisser?”
"One of the best," the text then reads as on-camera Brooke turns to look over her shoulder and into the camera.
It's not the first time Brooke has spoken about her experience with JFK Jr; in 2023, she told listeners of The Howard Stern Show that when he kissed her, "it was like the best kiss I've ever had in my life". She added: "It was beyond not-disappointing. The lips are beautiful, and the face is amazing, and the body and the person, and he was down to earth and funny and irreverent."
© Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty ImagesBrooke met JFK. Jr when she was on a skiing trip in Aspen, Colorado. In the 2024's book, JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography, by RoseMarie Terenzio and Liz McNeil, Brooke spoke to the pair about the meeting, recalling that she was 19 or 20 at the time.
"But I was still a virgin, so literally, I was like, 'You so do not want me to lose my virginity to you — because in my world, that means we’re married. So do yourself a favor, back off,'" she shared.
© Corbis via Getty ImagesJFK Jr. has been back in the news after the release of Ryan Murphy's Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette.
While Brooke has decided to reflect on the past with nostalgia, other figures from JFK Jr's life have been striking a very different tone, as the series has been condemned by the Kennedy family, as well as actress Daryl Hannah who dated the son of the President for five years.
© Getty ImagesThe 65-year-old has never spoken publicly about her relationship with JFK Jr., but in a scathing essay for The New York Times, she condemned the series for its depiction of the women in Kennedy’s life. "The choice to portray her as irritating, self-absorbed, whiny and inappropriate was no accident," Daryl wrote, arguing that the show relies on tired, gendered tropes.
She criticized the tendency of popular culture to pit women against one another as "rivals, obstacles or villain," adding: "A real, living person is not a narrative device."
She then went on to call out specific moments in the series, and refuted each one, including scenes of the character of Daryl Hannah doing cocaine on several occasions, and attending a party where the drug has been placed on a priceless Kennedy family heirloom.
The nine-episode show highlights Daryl's five-year romance with JFK Jr. before he ultimately fell in love and married Carolyn Bessette, before they died in 1999 from a fatal plane crash.
