Rumors of President John F. Kennedy’s extramarital affairs during his ten-year marriage to First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis had been circulating even before his untimely demise in 1963. In a 2016 feature, PEOPLE delved into the lives of several women who either claimed or were reported to have been linked romantically to the 35th president of the United States.
However, in August 2021, another woman, Diana de Vegh, revealed that she had been involved with the president since she was 20 years old, and the president was twice her age. Diana also recalled how the president often described her as “something special,” a remark that undeniably caught her attention.
Carly Simon says Jackie Kennedy Onassis was fully aware of her husband’s affairs
In her latest book titled Touched by the Sun: My Friendship With Jackie, musician Carly Simon candidly shares the details of her close bond with Jackie Kennedy Onassis, describing her as “the mother I never had.”
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In the revealing account, Simon disclosed that Jackie was indeed aware of her husband’s infidelity during their marriage. “In a cheerful but resigned way, she told me that of course she knew about them,” she wrote. “She just didn’t mind their presence as much as she might have. Because she knew he [Kennedy] loved her much, much more than any of his dalliances.”
Carly Simon reveals that President Kennedy neglected his wife, Jackie, during childbirth
During an open interview with NBC to promote her book, the singer shared details about the purported inappropriate conduct exhibited by a former United States president. She also revealed that the late former first lady told her that she was traumatized when her husband failed to show up at the hospital during the birth of their stillborn child.
“There are various things that he did that by comparison to having a mistress must have hurt more,” Simon recalled. “For instance, his not being there for the birth of a child, [or] his being off with a mistress while she was in the hospital.”