The surprising reason John Kennedy Jr. didn't introduce Caroline Bessette to his mother, Jackie Kennedy

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It's hard to believe Carolyn Bisset She never had the opportunity to meet her future mother-in-law, Jackie Kennedy, before her death on May 19, 1994. John F. Kennedy Jr He had his reasons for separating the two women, but it was something he regretted when he continued to do so He married Bissette in 1996.

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JFK Jr.'s decision not to meet his future wife, Jackie, is chronicled in a forthcoming book about Bessette's legacy: Once Upon a Time: The Enthralling Life of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy By Elizabeth Beller. The first issue for one of America's most eligible bachelors was his dating life — it was messy. He had been seeing Bisset occasionally, but his schedule was with Kill Bill a star Darryl Hannah It also showed that in 1994 they were still dating. Bessette may have thought that meeting the former First Lady might seal her fate as John F. Kennedy Jr.'s only friend, because it was no secret that Jackie didn't want her son. To marry an actress.

“Caroline became increasingly upset that he would not introduce her to his mother,” Beller wrote, via an excerpt obtained by the site. the people. “I took him to meet my mother,” Caroline told a friend. The author spoke further about the hot topic with the media, noting that JFK Jr. was also launching his magazine, GeorgeAt that time, which became his main focus. “I think it was hard for him to take anything other than his work seriously at that moment,” she explained. “If Caroline met Jackie, I think he knew it would kind of become a life of its own. And maybe he wasn't quite ready for that.”

It was a pretty big sticking point in their relationship, and their frequent on-and-off status was sometimes “off because [Bessette-Kennedy] She will break up with him because he did not introduce her to Jackie. Bisset stood her ground because she “wouldn't put up with anything like that.” The truth is that Jackie probably would have loved Bisset, which she was Very different from Hannah and her Hollywood lifestyle as a public relations executive at Calvin Klein.

Singer Carly Simon also explored JFK Jr.'s mother's distaste for Hannah in her 2019 memoir, Touched by the Sun: My Friendship with Jackie. “Jackie was too busy getting him on the right track,” she wrote, and “did not approve” of the actress. The former First Lady even went so far as to move to another room for her meal if that was the case splash The star came to dinner. In the end, it was a huge missed opportunity for JFK Jr. to introduce Jackie to a woman, who probably checked every box on his mother's list. Bisset and Jackie loved each other.

Before you go, click here To see photos of JFK and Jackie O's adult grandchildren.

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