Daryl Hannah, the former girlfriend of the late John F. Kennedy Jr., is forcefully condemning the new television series about her ex.
On Friday, the “Kill Bill” actor published an essay in The New York Times in which she described “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette” as “tragedy-exploiting” and an example of “textbook misogyny” while zeroing in on how she is portrayed in the show by actor Dree Hemingway.
“The character ‘Daryl Hannah’ portrayed in the series is not even a remotely accurate representation of my life, my conduct or my relationship with John,” Hannah wrote. “The actions and behaviors attributed to me are untrue. I have never used cocaine in my life or hosted cocaine-fueled parties. I have never pressured anyone into marriage. I have never desecrated any family heirloom or intruded upon anyone’s private memorial. I have never planted any story in the press. I never compared Jacqueline Onassis’ death to a dog’s.”
She went on to note: “It’s appalling to me that I even have to defend myself against a television show. These are not creative embellishments of personality. They are assertions about conduct — and they are false.”
Hannah was hot off a string of hit films, including “Splash” and “Steel Magnolias,” when she and Kennedy began dating in 1989. Their on-again, off-again romance is believed to have still been ongoing when Kennedy was introduced to his future wife, Carolyn Bessette, in the early ’90s.
