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Author of New John F. Kennedy Book Detailing His Affairs Was ‘Shocked’ by ‘Out of Control’ President
Author Laurence Leamer apparently made some wild discoveries about John F. Kennedy while writing his upcoming biography, Ladies’ Man: The Careless Heart of John F. Kennedy.
“My very early readers who have read Ladies Man say they will never think about President Kennedy the same way again,” the biographer, 84, told People in an interview published Thursday, February 5. “Having previously written three bestsellers about the Kennedys, I knew and interviewed three of JFK’s mistresses, as well as his brothers, sisters and closest friends and associates. But even I was shocked by some of the things I learned.”
The New York Times bestselling author shared one alleged instance of the late president’s womanizing behavior.
“On his 46th birthday in May 1963, he was on the presidential yacht, USS Sequoia, with Jackie Kennedy on board, and the president literally chased Tony Bradlee, his close friend Ben Bradlee’s wife, around the boat to make a pass at her,” Leamer shared. “He was that out of control.”
Per a synopsis of the book, “Leamer reveals the harrowing, intimate life of JFK.”
“Leamer knew three of Kennedy’s mistresses, and Ladies Man is written with unprecedented intimacy and access,” the synopsis continues. “From JFK’s youthful indiscretions at boarding school, his early connections with such beautiful aristocratic European women as Inga Arvad and Gunilla Von Post, his marriage to the stately Jacqueline Bouvier, his affairs with Pamela Turnure and Diana de Vegh, his liaisons with mafia moll Judith Exner and East German spy Ellen Rometsch, to his relationship with Marilyn Monroe before her death, JFK’s affairs were multifaceted and often tragic.”
“His cautious public persona contrasted sharply with his reckless personal life, where he took bewildering chances that could have destroyed him,” the synopsis concluded. “And as JFK’s profile rose, so did his rashness.”
Ladies’ Man: The Careless Heart of John F. Kennedy hits shelves on October 20.
