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Glynnis MacNichol

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
399 total appearances

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Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

Like, Cokie Roberts, George Will, and David Brinkley.

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

And they broke into the show to announce this wedding.

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

And then the next, the week after, she was on...

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

these crazy magazine... Like, she was on the cover of Newsweek.

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

There was a feature in Time.

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

She was on the cover of New York Magazine.

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

She was literally everywhere.

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

I would say, though...

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

The reason I think we keep coming back to her is there's a little Greta Garbon-ness happening here, is that she didn't speak.

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

There's a two-second recording of her voice that's nearly impossible to find.

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

She didn't just not give interviews.

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

You have no idea what her voice sounded like.

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

And I think we are really drawn to silent women because they are a vacuum and a blank slate that you can project so much onto.

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

And I think the mystique...

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

that has subsequently

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

have been created around her over the last 25 years.

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

It's sort of wild to see her re-emerging on TikTok and Instagram.

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

And I think in 1996, it was shocking in a way.

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

Like, you just had not seen this before, really.

Infamous
Who Was Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Really?

But when you look at Gwyneth, first of all, Gwyneth never stopped talking even then.