Inside Marilyn Monroe's relationship with John F Kennedy – from alleged affair to birthday song
dailystar.co.ukBlonde, which was released on Netflix today (September 28), gives insight into Marilyn Monroe's successful career before her death on August 4, 1962.Ana de Armas stars as the Hollywood actress in the Netflix movie alongside Adrien Brody as Marilyn's ex-husband, Arthur Miller, and Julianne Nicholson as Marilyn's mother, Gladys Pearl Baker.In the days before her tragic death, Marilyn hit headlines after it was revealed that she was having an alleged affair with married man and president of the United States, John F Kennedy.Here's everything you need to know about her relationship with JFK:Speculation has suggested that Marilyn Monroe and JFK met at a dinner party in New York back in 1962.The pair were reportedly introduced by none other than music legend Frank Sinatra, who was a close friend of JFK and Marilyn.JFK is said to then have invited the movie star to a weekend at Bing Crosby's house in Palm Springs a few weeks later, where they were not joined by JFK's wife, Jackie Kennedy.Marilyn was named as one of JFK's mistresses by investigative journalist Seymour Hersh in his book “The Dark Side of Camelot”.
However, this was never officially confirmed.In 1973, Normal Mailer, an American novelist, was the first person to bring the idea of a Kennedy-Monroe affair to into the spotlight, but he has since said he "needed the money very badly" at the time and hoped the comment would boost his book sales.
Marilyn's masseuse and close friend, Ralph Roberts, claimed at the time that Marilyn had introduced JFK to him as the president was struggling with a bad back.Ralph told biographer Donald Spoto: "Marilyn told me that this night in March was the only time of her 'affair' with JFK....
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