Jack Schlossberg continues to pursue Ryan Murphy to portray the relationship of his late uncle John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Carolyn Bessette on the FX series. love story series.
“If you want to know someone who’s never met anyone in my family, and doesn’t know anything about us, talk to Ryan Murphy,” Schlossberg said when asked about the show on CBS Sunday Morning. “The guy knows nothing about what he’s talking about, and he’s making a lot of money by making a ludicrous representation of someone else’s life.”
The Kennedy scion stressed that the series, which tells the story of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette’s romance before the young couple died in a tragic plane crash in 1999, is “fantasy” with a capital “F.”
Echoing some of his previous criticisms of the series, expressed over the summer long before the show premiered last month, Schlossberg also urged Murphy to take action and donate any profits from love storySuccess to help preserve the memory of President John F. Kennedy.
“I hope that Mr. Murphy will donate some of his multi-million dollar profits to perhaps some of the causes that John has championed throughout his life,” Schlossberg said. “He might have donated some of that money to the JFK Library to help keep the memory of President Kennedy alive, but he didn’t. He’s making money. This is not a documentary.”
When pressed further to find out why, when the Kennedy family has been the subject of numerous films, television shows and books, he approaches the issue with love storySchlossberg pointed to recent political events involving both President Trump and his controversial and subsequently impeached cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who currently serves as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
“I think that in the last year, or two years, or three years, partly because of Robert Kennedy Jr., but also partly because Donald Trump has used JFK as a kind of human punching bag, whether by renaming the Kennedy Center after him, or by bringing back a false investigation into the assassination and dismantling all the programs that he fought for, there’s a lot of misinformation now and iconography being used about the Kennedy family, my family, at a time when we really can’t afford it. It’s confusing people,” Schlossberg said. “We really need to take every breath we have.” To try to make things better. “So, if Ryan Murphy really cared that much about the Kennedys, my Uncle John, maybe he would try to do something about getting Trump out of power.”
Over the summer, Schlossberg preemptively criticized the series, writing on his Instagram Stories that Murphy was “capitalizing” on JFK Jr.’s legacy in a “grotesque way” through the show.
“For those wondering whether his family was ever consulted, or had anything to do with the new shows being produced about him, the answer is no,” Schlossberg wrote.
Murphy responded to Schlossberg’s criticism on California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s podcast, stating that he was surprised by the backlash.
“I thought it was a strange choice to be angry at your relative who you don’t really remember,” the prolific series creator said.
Schlossberg wrote, again on Instagram, by recounting a series of specific memories including “being the ring bearer at his wedding and the day he died.” “I remember Wycliffe singing at his funeral.”
There also Schlossberg insisted that Murphy “makes millions off of John, and makes a public spectacle out of him, but he won’t contribute any of your fortunes to the causes he championed, or the legacy of public service he represents. It’s also weird that the actor who plays the Sexiest Man Alive is a bloat!”
talking to Hollywood Reporter Regarding Schlossberg’s previous comments, love story Executive producer Brad Simpson said, “I understand that this show that we made so faithfully about these people is also a story of tragedy in some people’s lives. And for all of us who make television shows based on true events, you have to take into account your moral obligation to family members and approach it with love and kindness. What I hope is that when people watch the show, they will see our honesty. They will see that we handled this with love, and that we were trying to celebrate Caroline’s life.” Bissette and John F. Kennedy Jr.”
He added, in part: “I can understand why someone might have a reaction before they watch it, but I would say: Watch the show, because I think they’ll be surprised by how honest it is.”
Sarah Pidgeon, who plays Bisset, added, “I don’t know what it’s like to have a TV show or a book or a movie written about my family, and I understand the sensitivities. He has every right to share how he feels about that. We were approaching this with integrity and respect, and I think we succeeded in that, but we also understood that these were not just real people — but that they also had family and friends who are still with us today, and that their legacy resonates and lives through them as well. That’s always been part of my consciousness, and I hope that if Watch it, they will feel that we lead with respect and honor for John and Carolyn – that is my hope.
However, Pidgeon, Paul Anthony Kelly, who plays JFK Jr., and executive producer Nina Jacobson have confirmed that although the series is inspired by the biography of Elizabeth Peeler, they have not reached out to members of the Kennedy family.
“We’ve done a lot of stories that are rooted in real events, oftentimes where people are still alive, or people’s relatives are still alive,” Jacobson said. “In general, we don’t take on people who are public figures, because ultimately you either feel obligated to honor something they’re asking of you, ‘Please portray me this way, but not that way,’ or you feel like that, and that you have competing versions.” THR. “When you take a more research stance than an interview stance, we’ve found that you get a more dimensional view, even though you miss out on the opportunity to talk to the people themselves. You get more perspective.”
It remains unclear whether or not Schlossberg has watched the show.
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