A biography of the former first lady of the United States recounts her torrid love affairs with Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, and even with her brothers-in-law. It known after it came to light how Marilyn Monroe died
Her relationship with John F. Kennedy, who ruled the country from 1961 to 1963 until his assassination, was never easy. Gore Vidal, Jackie's close friend, recounted in his memoirs that the two were very S- people, and that, in some way, they competed more than they complemented each other.
Jackie had a hectic nightlife since her teens. Mainly since she settled in Paris to study at La Sorborn, it was very common to see her every night with a different man.
"Virginity was something she wanted to get rid of as quickly as possible. If my calculations are correct, she slept with at least five men before she married Kennedy," Truman Capote once said. The famous writer, the lover of gossip, was a friend of the former first lady.
These and other infidelities were compiled in a new autobiography: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Life Beyond Her Wildest Dreams (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: a life beyond her wildest dreams), written by Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince. It will be published by Blood Moon Productions on June 7th.
The marriage took place in 1953. At first, they were happy, and she referred to him as "the love of her life." But as JFK escalated into American politics, the relationship became more complicated. Everything changed on January 20, 1961, when he assumed the presidency.
Kennedy's infidelities became more and more frequent. The affair with Marilyn Monroe was only the most famous in a long list.
Jackie was aware of her husband's "weaknesses" from the start. And she, as "weak" as he was not willing to sit in her house while the other cheated on her.
One of her first love affairs, in retribution for one of JFK's infidelities, was with William Holden, the famous actor. However, she couldn't hide how much her husband's constant cheating hurt her.
Their S- life together was not satisfying at all. "I knew women didn't think of him as much of a lover. He really wasn't. He wanted something quick to get back on the phone to talk to some politician. When we had S-, he would immediately roll over and fall asleep. So I'd be left listening to his snoring, almost crying because of my lack of satisfaction as a woman".
This daily suffering led her to a growing depression. And one night in 1957 everything exploded. When Kennedy returned home after a long night out, Jackie waited up for him, completely drunk, and she began to yell at him.
The fight got out of control, until she ran out into the street, half-N- and screaming. He went looking for her and brought her back by force. He then called an ambulance and had her admitted.
She spent a week in an asylum, subjected to repeated electroshock sessions. When she returned to her house, she began to consider the possibility of committing suicide.
But in November 1957 she gave birth to her first child, and things began to change. Her relationship with JFK didn't improve, but at least she was buoyant.
Three years later the second came. She divided her time between taking care of the children and her adventures with different men.
After JFK's assassination on November 22, 1963, two of her new lovers became Robert "Bob" Kennedy and Edward "Ted" Kennedy, brothers of the late president. The family clan did everything possible so that these scandalous relationships did not become public, but they did not succeed.
"I'm in love with two men at the same time, Bobby and Teddy," Jackie told Capote when Bob announced his candidacy for president. But in 1968 he was murdered, which opened the doors for Ted.
According to the authors, Ted was by Jackie's side through each of her crises and became the man she could count on.
"I was always in love with Jackie, from the beginning. When Jack (JFK) died, I knew he was seeing Bobby too, but that didn't stop me," Ted recounted privately.
But he was not left alone with the Kennedy family. Hollywood stars were also a weakness for her. According to the book, she went through the bed of Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Warren Beatty, Gregory Peck, and, Frank Sinatra, among other celebrities.
In a draft of her autobiography, published in 1999, Brando recounted in detail some of her encounters with the former first lady in 1964, just a year after Kennedy's assassination.
"She expected me to take her to bed," the actor wrote, "but since I didn't do anything, she took matters into her own hands and asked me the magic question: 'Do you want to spend the night with me?' You would never ask me,' I replied."
Later it was Newman's turn, with whom he spent a night of lust in a hotel. "It was unbelievable. Paul and Jack had identical penises. It was like being seduced by my husband again. Scary," she told Capote.
In 1968 a new suitor appeared in his life, one far more powerful than any other: the Greek magnate Aristotle Onassis. After a brief relationship, during which he had S- encounters with Bob and Ted, they married that same year.
