John F. Kennedy was notable for being the youngest person to ever be elected as the
President of the United States when he took office in 1961.
Throughout his presidency, he brought a ton of fresh, new energy to the White House.
He was instrumental in creating the Peace Corps and is credited with having helped prevent
World War III by successfully de-escalating the Cuban Missile Crisis.
While JFK is widely known for his many accomplishments – as well as his untimely death on November
22, 1963 – the 35th president's love life is also a topic of much speculation and dissection.
Although he meticulously crafted his public image as that of a devoted family man, JFK
was quite possibly the most prolific presidential philander in United States history.
Kennedy was involved with many women, ranging from bombshell Hollywood types like Marilyn
Monroe to White House interns with unsettling ties to the mafia.
Although he was famously married to the glamorous and beautiful brunette Jackie Kennedy, John
had a strong preference for blondes.
Jackie wasn't completely clueless about her husband's infidelity.
She knew all about his numerous liaisons, but she rationalized them by telling herself
that John would always ultimately come back to her.
It was fairly commonplace at the time for elite men to have affairs, so she probably
just thought it was something that someone of her status had to put up with.
JFK's womanizing was even organized.
Notoriously he enlisted the services of one, Dave Powers, a special assistant whose duty
it was to locate beautiful women that were willing to hook up with the President.
John would even use the Secret Service to sneak women in and out of the White House.
If you find all of this as fascinating as we do, keep watching to learn about the countless
women that the late President had affairs with.
It would be practically impossible to address every last one of his flings, but we do know
about quite a few of them.
So let's get started, shall we?
Marilyn Monroe
For many years JFK's affair with Marilyn Monroe was a matter of pure speculation, but in recent
times details have come to light that confirms that the two had an intimate relationship
that went behind platonic pleasantries.
JFK and Ms. Monroe met in February of 1962 in New York City.
Shortly after they met, the two started having a passionate affair.
The President and his Hollywood mistress did their best to keep their affair as private
as possible.
They would meet up mainly at their mutual friend, Bing Crosby's house in Palm Springs
so that the media wouldn't catch wind of what was going on.
In time, however, Monroe apparently started developing aspirations of one day becoming
the First Lady.
Evidently, she even wrote Jackie detailing her intentions.
It's further alleged that JFK's brother Robert Kennedy had an even longer affair with Monroe.
Some even speculate that Bobby arranged for Monroe to be murdered and her death covered
up to look like a suicide.
Judith Exner
Before becoming the President of the United States, JFK was a friend of the notorious
crew of crooners and entertainers known as the Rat Pack.
He was especially close with Rat Packers Sammy Davis Jr and Frank Sinatra.
Through them, he allegedly maintained an open and politically useful line of communication
with Mafia mobsters.
At a party at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas in 1960, Sinatra introduced Kennedy to Judith
Campbell – a former lover of a Chicago mob boss named Sam Giancana.
John and Judith then started having an affair that would continue throughout Kennedy's Presidency.
Once in office, Judith would regularly visit the White House, and her affair with the President
reportedly spanned several years.
Shockingly, Exner would later make the startling claim that she was responsible for serving
as a courier to transport packages for the President to and from Giancana.
It should be noted, however, that these claims were never confirmed.
Eexner would eventually be called into detail about her affair with JFK to a Senate committee.
As such, she was one of the first people to publicly expose the late President's darker
side.
Kennedy's administration is known to have collaborated with mobsters regularly during
what was called Operation Mongoose – a covert intelligence program meant to destabilize
Fidel Castro's communist regime in Cuba.
This clandestine collaboration was perhaps anchored by the President's affair with Judith
Exner.
Inga Arvad
Arvad was one of JFK's long-term girlfriends while he was in the Navy.
It's rumored that she may have been a spy for the Soviets.
Their eventual break-up was spurred on by Kennedy's father who was concerned about what
sort of effects his son's relationship with Arvad would have on his future political career.
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Anita Ekberg
Best known for her starring role in Fredrico Fellini's La Dolce Vita, Ekberg was an international
sex symbol who briefly was tied to the President.
Not much more is known about their relationship.
Ellen Rometsch
Born in East Germany, Ellen was married to a German Air Force sergeant stationed in Washington
during the peak of the Cold War named Rolf Rometsch.
She was also a call girl with several high-profile clients – one of which apparently was JFK.
She was one of the many sex workers whom Dave Powers solicited for the President.
It was also rumored that Rometsch was a communist spy who was cast out of the United States
in August of 1963 at the request of Attorney-General Bobby Kennedy.
Gene Tierney
As you might have noticed already, JFK sure did love women that were movie stars.
One of his most prolific Hollywood flings was with actress Gene Tierney, who he had
an affair with sometime around 1948 while she was still married to her first husband,
fashion designer Oleg Cassini.
Tierney was best known for her memorable portrayal of the titular character in the 1944 film
Laura, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
Mimi Alford
While she was interning at the White House, 19-year-old Mimi Alford lost her virginity
to President Kennedy and proceeded to have an 18-month affair with him.
Several years ago, Alford revealed several alarming details about her and JFK's relationship.
For one, she claimed that the President had taken illegal recreational drugs with her.
She also alleged that JFK dared her to engage in a sexual act with his special assistant,
Dave Powers, in the White House's enclosed pool.
Marlene Dietrich
This actress and singer had a brief affair with JFK in 1962.
Reflecting back on it years later, Dietrich would say that she struggled to remember most
of the details of what happened because of how quick their fling was.
Beyond just dating the President, Dietrich was also a long-time lover of his father,
Joseph P. Kennedy.
Mary Pinchot Meyer
Meyer had a pretty well-publicized affair with JFK.
A year after his death.
she too was shot and killed under pretty mysterious circumstances.
It has been theorized that she was murdered to prevent her from being able to reveal the
details of their affair.
It's also possible that she knew something about JFK's death or killers that someone
didn't want the world to know about.
Fiddle and Faddle – Priscilla Wear and Jill Cowen
These two secretaries who worked for the Kennedy administration reportedly had been hired almost
exclusively to skinny-dip with the President at the White House pool.
They also accompanied him on trips that he would take to places like Ireland, Rome, Costa
Rica, and Berlin.
On one occasion while Jackie Kennedy was giving a tour of the White House to a reporter for
Paris Match, she came across Priscilla and stated in French that she was the girl who
was supposedly sleeping with her husband.
Blaze Starr
This famous stripper told People Magazine back in 1989 that she had once had a brief
affair with Kennedy before he had been elected as President.
Pamela Turnure
Turnure reportedly had a romantic relationship with Kennedy while she was working at the
White House as Jackie's secretary.
This tryst was mentioned in the book 'The Kennedy Half-Century' by author Larry J. Sabato.
Gunilla Von Post
This Swedish socialite mentioned her affair with Kennedy in her memoir, Love, Jack.
Post claimed that she and JFK's relationship began in 1953 and extended until 1959.
At this point, you may be wondering how JFK managed to get away with having so many affairs
without them having a detrimental effect on his political career.
These days, if it were proven that a sitting President was guilty of half of what JFK was
alleged to have been involved with, they woul be eaten alive by the media, and the ensuing
scandal would no doubt seriously damage their reputation and credibility.
JFK was unique, however, in the way that he inspired unparreleled affection and loyalty
from his team members and supporters.
While the logistics of his liaisons would have required a great deal of secrecy and
devotion, his warm personality and dashing charisma seemed to be his secret weapons.
Kennedy also believed that his friendly relationships with the influential members of the press
would help protect him from the details of his love life being revealed to the public.
How many of Kennedy's lovers were you aware of?
And did it surprise you to learn about any of the women mentioned in this video?
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