The most beloved, despised and talked about political family of all time is the subject of an explosive exposé that could further erode the carefully crafted “Camelot” image we had of what many considered American royalty.
In The Pink Triangle, Jackie Kennedy’s image was that of the picture-perfect political wife, stoically standing by while her husband, John F. Kennedy, who had countless reckless affairs. But now, a new tell-all book claims that the Queen of Camelot had a secret affair of her own — with ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev.
The book also examines Robert F. Kennedy, the ruthless behind-the-scenes operator who was seen as his older brother JFK’s hit man and viewed as hyper-masculine. The Pink Triangle now claims that Bobby Kennedy was an alleged bisexual who carried on affairs with both sexes outside of his marriage.
According to the Globe, the tell-all claims that Jackie Kennedy flew Nureyev to Washington D.C., in 1963, and they soon “plunged into a secret love affair that lasted years.” As the magazine points out, they weren’t always good at hiding it: The couple was photographed together in England in 1968, five years after President Kennedy’s death, and that same year, Paris Match magazine claimed Nureyev had been overheard drunkenly boasting about his conquest.
According to Nureyev, she was just one of many Kennedys who fell for his charms. “I am the sexiest man alive,” he once said. “Just ask Lee Radziwill. Just ask Jackie Kennedy. And if you don’t believe me, ask Bobby and John-John Kennedy.”
Indeed, the book claims, RFK and Nureyev were once spotted “kissing each other passionately in a phone booth” and that the ballet dancer and JFK Jr. were suspiciously close. Yet another ballet dancer, John Kriza, was also linked to Jackie, according to the book. “Each of us launched an affair with him,” writer Gore Vidal reportedly said. “Jackie using my apartment when I did not have John otherwise engaged.”
For more on Jackie’s paramours, including which U.S. presidential candidate tried to seduce her on the campaign trail, pick up the latest issue of Globe on stands now.
