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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
All About Conor Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Son
When you think about the Kennedys, you think about knowing anything and everything about them, like in previous generations. However, that isn't exactly the case with Conor Kennedy. Despite being a Kennedy, Conor keeps his life on the more private side. In the world of social media, he rarely ever posts on public social media accounts and rarely goes to A-list-packed events (despite dating Brazilian singer Giulia!) Born July 25, 1994, he is the eldest of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mary Kennedy's children (but the third eldest total of Robert Jr's kids)! While he's most well-known for being one of Taylor Swift's brief relationships back in the early 2010s (and being the potential inspiration behind one of her most well-known breakup songs), there's a lot more to this Kennedy than people initially think. Did you know he secretly enlisted in the war between Ukraine and Russia? Do you know he's been arrested a couple of times (and not for the reasons you may think)? In many ways, he's exactly like the rest of the Kennedys with his charity work and A-list dating history, but he's also quite different from them in multiple ways, like his sporty and musical sides. Check out everything we know about Conor Kennedy below: More from SheKnows Did Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce Just Soft-Launch an Engagement? Best of SheKnows Actors Who You Forgot Have Impressive Singing Careers Too 16 Times the Celebrity Death Rule of Threes Actually Happened The Best Photos of Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne's Kids Growing Up Over the Years His Parents Are Robert F. Kennedy Jr. & Mary Kennedy Conor Kennedy was born on July 25, 1994 in New York City, New York, to parents Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mary Kennedy. He's a Leo Since he was born on July 25, 1994, that makes his zodiac sign a Leo! For our astrology lovers, this means if he's anything like the zodiac, he's confident, outgoing, and generous! He's Engaged to Brazilian Singer Giulia Be Since Nov 2021, Conor has been dating Giulia Be, a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and actress. On August 12, Giulia revealed the couple were engaged in an Instagram post captioned, 'Easiest yes of all time.' Giulia's full name is Giulia Bourguignon Marinho. She is the daughter of Brazilian businessman Paulo Marinho. He's a Musician Like his girlfriend, he's a talented musician! According to Discogs, he previously released two albums called Somewhere and Live in Utpioa, along with an EP in 2013 called Nothing Lasts: Nothing's Over. He Had His Own Record Company It's unclear if it's still available today, but when he first released his EP in 2013, he unveiled it with his record company called 722 Records. He Dated Taylor Swift One thing Conor is known for is briefly dating Taylor Swift in 2012 when he was 18 and still in high school and she 22. Sources told People she was 'head over heels' for him after they connected at her July 4 party. They packed on the PDA and were together for only a few months before calling it quits. According to Radar Online, they allegedly split because she 'came on way too serious, way too fast' and Swift 'was more obsessed with the idea of dating a Kennedy, than the actual Kennedy she was dating.' 'Begin Again' May Be About Him Multiple reports claim that Conor may be the subject of the song 'Begin Again' from Taylor Swift's album entitled Red, per Nicki Swift. He's an Avid Activist Like the rest of his family, Conor is a major activist! Back in 2013, he was arrested with multiple other protestors who protested outside of the White House against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Along with that, he's worked with the Ocean Alliance to help save the whales, per People. He's Been Arrested Multiple Times Along with being detained after the 2013 White House protest, he was arrested again in 2017 for disorderly conduct. News broke that he was arrested in Aspen, Colorado during a bar fight, which he later revealed was because he was defending a friend against a homophobic slur, per Honey Nine. Per the same outlet, he was given a six-month deferred sentence, had to write an apology letter and pay a $500 fine. He Fought in Ukraine Back in Oct. 2022, Conor revealed he secretly enlisted in the army to fight for Ukraine. He uploaded a lengthy response on Instagram, saying, 'I know this story is coming out, so I want to say my piece first to make the best of it and encourage others to take action. Like many people, I was deeply moved by what I saw happening in Ukraine over the past year. I wanted to help. When I heard about Ukraine's International Legion, I knew I was going, and I went to the embassy to enlist the next day.' He Loves Water Activities When you take a peek at his Instagram, you can see multiple posts of him swimming, kayaking, boating, and more. He Has a Prestigious Educational Background Not only did he attend the prestigious Deerfield Academy in his formative years, but he also went to Georgetown Law, per Page Six. Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mail
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Kennedy fans have mixed reaction to latest images of Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette for new movie
There is a new movie coming out about the Kennedys. American Love Story will follow JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy's whirlwind romance as they became a power couple then tabloid fodder. The couple tragically passed away in a plane crash in 1999 when she was 33 and he was 38 but there is still massive intrigue about the two. Sarah Pidgeon, 29, is playing Carolyn in the new project. On Tuesday a new look at Sarah as Carolyn was shared with mixed reviews on if she nailed the look. Some fans on Reddit said she was 'spot on with those big eyes' while others felt her hair was not 'blonde enough' to play the glam queen of New York. Many wondered if Sarah was wearing a wig or if she dyed her hair blonde. The movie premieres in February 2026 Pidgeon was seen filming on the street in New York City. The star wore a black turtleneck with slacks and a black purse over her shoulder. Her long blonde hair was worn down in a casual style as she had on brown eye makeup and red lipstick on. Her bails were short as she did not appear to have her wedding rings on. The star was coming out of the subway exit in the midtown area of Manhattan. Carolyn was a fashion publicist who worked for Calvin Klein until her 1996 marriage to JFK Jr. The couple, along with her older sister Lauren, died in a plane crash off the coast of Martha's Vineyard in 1999. Bessette was born in White Plains, New York and had two older sisters, twins Lauren and Lisa. The star with the French background attended Boston University's School of Education, graduating in 1988 with a degree in elementary education. Bessette briefly attempted a modeling career, but it did not pan out. On Tuesday a new look at Sarah as Carolyn was shared with mixed reviews on if she nailed the look During her career at Calvin Klein, she went from being a saleswoman to becoming the director of publicity for the company's flagship store in Manhattan. Then she worked with Klein's high-profile clients like Annette Bening and Diane Sawyer. Bessette first met Kennedy in 1992, while he was dating actress Daryl Hannah. Bessette and Kennedy began dating in 1994, she then moved into Kennedy's Tribeca loft in the summer of 1995, and the couple became engaged later that year. Kennedy and Bessette wed on September 21, 1996 on the remote Georgia island of Cumberland. The couple honeymooned in Turkey. She got a ton of media attention and there were comparisons to her mother-in-law, former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Her long blonde hair was worn down in a casual style as she had on brown eye makeup and red lipstick on. Her bails were short as she did not appear to have her wedding rings on. The star was coming out of the subway exit in the midtown area of Manhattan There was talk the Kennedys were experiencing marital problems and contemplating divorce in the months preceding their deaths. In his book, The Kennedy Curse: Why Tragedy Has Haunted America's First Family for 150 Years, Klein claimed that the couple's problems reportedly stemmed from Bessette-Kennedy's difficulty dealing with the media attention. Bessette-Kennedy died on July 16, 1999, along with her husband and older sister Lauren, when the light plane John Jr. was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the western coast of Martha's Vineyard. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the probable cause of the crash was: 'The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a descent over water at night, which was a result of spatial disorientation. Factors in the accident were haze and the dark night.' After a five-day search, the wreckage was discovered in the late afternoon of July 21. The bodies were recovered from the ocean floor by Navy divers and taken by motorcade to the county medical examiner's office, where autopsies revealed that the crash victims had died upon impact. All tested negative for alcohol and drugs. The new movie has several other Kennedy characters in it. Jackie O - also known as Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis - is being portrayed by Naomi Watts, 56. Onassis was a writer, book editor, and socialite who served as the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. Jackie died in 1994 at the age of 64 in New York City. Blonde actress Watts sported a brown wig as she transformed into Jackie. Watts was filming a scene in a park on Monday afternoon in New York City. Also in the movie is Paul Kelly, who will play Jackie's son John F. Kennedy Jr. Grace Gummer, who is playing Jackie's daughter Caroline Kennedy, was also seen playing in the park with two little girls that are playing Caroline's daughters Rose and Tatiana. JFK Jr's ex-girlfriend Daryl Hannah is being played by Dree Hemingway, 37, whose mother is actress Mariel Hemingway. She gained attention playing the lead in director Sean Baker's feature Starlet. Dree has since become known for her high-profile fashion campaigns and her extensive work in independent film.
Daily Mail
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Kennedy clan at war: Savage new matriarch blacklists family members... feuds explode... and fierce 'f***' rants erupt behind the scenes
Jerry Oppenheimer is a bestselling biographer who has written two books about the Kennedys, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, about the life of Ethel Skakel Kennedy and RFK Jr. and The Dark Side of the Dream. America's ' Royal Family ' – the Kennedys – has a newly crowned queen, quietly anointed by the clan's powerful matriarch Ethel Kennedy at 96, the Daily Mail has learned exclusively.
Indian Express
16-07-2025
- General
- Indian Express
The Kennedy curse: The tragedy of America's royal family
On this day 26 years ago, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren vanished into the Atlantic Ocean, capping the 20th century with one more tragedy for the Kennedy family. John Jr.'s death was particularly cruel in its irony. The boy who had captured America's heart as a three-year-old saluting his father's coffin died piloting a plane into the dark waters off Martha's Vineyard. He was heading to a wedding – a celebration that soon became a wake. In less than a century, the Kennedys have lived through more public misfortune, scandal, and sudden death than seems plausible for any one family. Plane crashes. Assassinations. Overdoses. Suicides. Their story, full of promise and pain, is one America cannot stop telling. In 1969, Senator Ted Kennedy – who had already lost four siblings by then – asked aloud whether 'some awful curse did actually hang over all the Kennedys.' Fifty-five years later, that question still lingers. The Kennedy saga begins with Joseph Kennedy Sr., a wealthy businessman who dreamed of political greatness for his children. His eldest son, Joseph Kennedy Jr., was the golden child, groomed to become America's first Catholic president. A Harvard graduate and Navy pilot, Joe Jr. volunteered for a dangerous World War II mission in 1944, piloting a bomb-laden plane over Nazi-occupied France. The plane exploded, killing him at the age of 29. 'Now the burden falls on me,' his younger brother John F. Kennedy told a friend, as the family's political hopes shifted to the sickly second son. That burden would define the rest of his life. John was not supposed to be president. He suffered from a chronic illness, lived much of his childhood in hospitals, and was given the last rites more than once. But he was also fiercely resilient. The historian Robert Dallek described Kennedy's decision to hide his condition from the public as 'the quiet stoicism of a man struggling to endure extraordinary pain and distress and performing his presidential (and pre-presidential) duties largely undeterred.' John made it to the White House as the youngest President in American history. A little over one thousand days later, he became the youngest President to die. On November 22, 1963, Kennedy was travelling through Dallas, Texas in an open air car with his wife Jacqueline, Texas governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, when he was fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, a former US Marine. The images are seared into American memory: Jackie's pink suit stained with blood, the frantic rush to Parkland Memorial Hospital, the nation watching in stunned silence as Walter Cronkite announced that the President was dead. Five years later, history struck again with cruel precision. In 1968, third son and Presidential hopeful, Robert F. Kennedy was shot in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, just after winning the California primary. His wife, Ethel, pregnant with their eleventh child, watched as he collapsed to the ground. He died the next day. Joe, John and Robert are perhaps the most famous of the Kennedys to succumb to early and shocking deaths, but they are far from the only ones. Kathleen Kennedy, Joe's daughter, lost her husband in World War II, then died herself in a plane crash four years later. John and Jackie lost two children in infancy—one in 1956 and another in 1963. Robert's son David died of a drug overdose in 1984. Another son, Michael, died in a skiing accident in 1997. More recently, the deaths have come in cruel succession: Kara Kennedy (heart attack), Mary Kennedy (suicide), Saoirse Kennedy Hill (overdose), Maeve Kennedy McKean and her young son (drowned during a canoe trip). Each death has its own story. Each has added to the myth. To some, the Kennedy curse has a point of origin. In 1941, Joe Sr.'s daughter Rosemary, whose mood swings and rumoured scandals threatened the family's image, was subjected to a lobotomy at her father's insistence. The procedure went horribly wrong, leaving her with the intellectual capabilities of a 2-year-old, unable to walk or talk. Rosemary spent decades in private institutions, hidden from public view. For those who believe in curses, this act—an ambitious father silencing his daughter to protect his legacy—is the Kennedy family's original sin. Others look to Joe Sr.'s financial dealings and wartime flirtations with fascist regimes. Still others believe the curse stems from the family's unrelenting pursuit of power, at whatever cost. But maybe it isn't a curse at all. 'Virtually every family has its own silent tragedy. Large families are likely to have a larger number of tragedies. Highly publicized families have more highly publicized tragedies,' Theodore C. Sorensen wrote in the New York Times after John Jr.'s death. With Joe Sr.'s nine children producing 29 grandchildren—Robert alone had 11—the Kennedys' size makes their losses statistically less surprising. Others point to recklessness. 'They fly their own single-engine planes when they could afford a crew of airmen. They ski without poles on the hardest hills of Aspen on the last run of a December afternoon. They coax their way into the military in hopes of facing combat. It is and always has been the Kennedy way,' Boston Globe reporter Brian McGrory wrote in 1999 There is another theory, one rarely explored by the family themselves. In Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed, journalist Maureen Callahan argues that the curse is not myth or misfortune – it's misogyny. Across generations, Kennedy women and the women who married into the family have faced early death, psychological torment, and silence. 'Whatever grievous harm a Kennedy man may have done to her,' she writes, 'the message remains clear: She was asking for it. It was her fault.' In some ways, the Kennedys are not unique. In India, the Nehru-Gandhi family has endured three major assassinations. In Pakistan, the Bhuttos, father and daughter, both died violently. In Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was murdered along with most of his family. Around the world, political dynasties often end in blood. Ultimately, the Kennedys faced their own share of joy and sadness. And while they have undoubtably suffered devastating loss, as Sorensen writes, 'they have also been endowed with good genes, good brains, good looks, good health and good fortune, with both instincts and opportunities for serving their country and helping those who are less fortunate.'
Toronto Star
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
The Mitfords, one of the most fascinating families in history, get a period drama of their own
There are certain families that will forever fascinate us. The Kennedys. The Hiltons. The Kardashians. And, over in England, there are the Mitfords. Moneyed members of the British aristocracy, David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, and Sydney Bowles spawned six daughters who each led remarkably bold lives and ascended to worldwide fame — and white-hot scandal — as they rebelled against the strictures of a sexist time. (Their father, for instance, refused to send them to school.)
