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Brooke Shields says John F.

Kennedy Jr. showed his 'true
colors' and was 'less than
chivalrous' after she refused
to sleep with him on their =rst
date
Eve Crosbie Apr 7, 2023, 10:15 PM GMT+2

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Brooke Shields said John F. Kennedy Jr was "less than

chivalrous" after she made clear they were not going to have
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Brooke Shields recalled her short-lived

romance with John F. Kennedy Jr. on "The
Howard Stern Show."

She said he was "less than chivalrous" after

she rejected his sexual advances on their
=rst date.

"He didn't look at me and he didn't talk to

me," she said. "He showed his true colors in
that."

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Brooke Shields said John F. Kennedy Jr. was

"less than chivalrous" towards her after she
turned down his sexual advances on their <rst
date.

Appearing on "The Howard Stern Show" in

April to discuss her new Hulu documentary,
"Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields," the model and
actor recalled her short-lived romance with the
eldest son of John F. Kennedy and Jackie
Onassis.

"I was so madly in love with him since the time

I was three. My mom would say, 'That's the boy
you're going to marry,'" Shields said of the
former US president's son, who was often
referred to as John-John by the media before
his untimely death in 1999.

Shields found herself spending time with her

childhood crush in the 1980s when she and her
mom traveled to Aspen, Colorado, for a
wedding, where the Kennedys were enjoying a
skiing vacation.

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Shields told Stern she tried to impress

Kennedy — who was <ve years older than her
— by showing oT her skills on the slopes,
despite having "never skied before in my life."

John F. John Kennedy Jr. and friends in New York City in 1979.
/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

However, she caught his eye and was invited to

spend an evening with the close-knit family at
a local bar that was a little rowdy for Shields'
taste. She recalled that "everyone was just
drinking at the bar and there were bar <ghts."

"He was like, 'Do you want to get out of here?'

And I was like, 'Uh, yeah, I do want to get out
of here, John Kennedy,'" Shields said.

After their "real date," however, Shields chose

to turn down Kennedy's advances "because I
kind of loved him too much."

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While they shared a kiss, which the "Endless

Love" actor described as "the best kiss I've ever
had in my life," Shields said she "froze" up
when the possibility of sex was [oated.

She explained: "I was like, 'Oh my God, you're

falling in love and if you sleep with him, he
may not talk to you again and you can't handle
that.'"

"I wasn't playing a game, I really was just so

afraid of being really hurt because if I slept
with him I would have given him my entire
universe, my heart, my everything."

Shields added that after rejecting Kennedy's

advances she was left to make her own way
back to her chalet.

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"I had to get a cab home, which was a little less

chivalrous, in my opinion," she said.

The following day, Shields remembered being

ignored on the slopes by Kennedy — who went
on to wed Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy in 1996 —
and realizing that she had made the right
decision.

"He didn't look at me and he didn't talk to me,"

Shields said. "On the one hand, I was like 'Shit.'
On the other hand, I was like, 'Oh, thank God,
because he still might not have talked to you."

"He showed his true colors in that," she added.

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"Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields" is streaming now

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