Last night, FX celebrated the highly-anticipated series premiere of Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette with a star-studded red carpet and screening at Carnegie Hall in New York. Cast on site included Sarah Pidgeon (Carolyn Bessette), Paul Anthony Kelly (John F. Kennedy Jr.), Naomi Watts (Jackie Kennedy Onassis), Grace Gummer (Caroline Kennedy), Alessandro Nivola (Calvin Klein), Sydney Lemmon (Lauren Bessette), Erich Bergen (Anthony Radziwill), Dree Hemingway (Daryl Hannah), Constance Zimmer (Ann Marie Messina), amongst others.
Attendees were treated to an after-party following the screening, all at The Pool. Other notable guests in attendance included Martha Stewart, Benito Skinner, Cassandra Grey, Elizabeth Sulcer, Mark Ronson, Mia Healy, Jordan Roth, Sam Nivola, Mark Duplass, Ira Glass, Derek Blasberg and more.
FX’s Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette premieres Thursday, February 12 at 9pm ET on FX and Hulu.
FX’s Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette is a limited series that explores the undeniable chemistry, whirlwind courtship and high-profile marriage of one of the most iconic couples of the 20th century, John F. Kennedy Jr. (Paul Anthony Kelly) and Carolyn Bessette (Sarah Pidgeon). It is the first installment in Ryan Murphy’s Love Story anthology and is inspired by Elizabeth Beller’s book Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy.
It was a love story that captured the attention of the nation: John F. Kennedy Jr. was the closest thing to American royalty. The country watched him grow from a boy to a beloved bachelor and media sensation. Bessette was a star in her own right. Fiercely independent and with a singular style, she rose from being a sales assistant to an executive at Calvin Klein, and became a trusted confidante of its eponymous founder. John and Carolyn’s connection was immediate, electric and undeniable. As their love story unfolded on a national stage, the intense fame and media attention that came along with it threatened to rip them apart.
Featuring Grace Gummer (Caroline Kennedy), Naomi Watts (Jackie Kennedy Onassis), Alessandro Nivola (Calvin Klein), Leila George (Kelly Klein), Sydney Lemmon (Lauren Bessette) and Constance Zimmer (Ann Marie Messina), Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette charts the complex and heartbreaking journey of a couple whose private love became a national obsession.
FX’s Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessetteis created by Connor Hines and executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Connor Hines, Eric Kovtun, Nissa Diederich, Scott Robertson, Monica Levinson, Kim Rosenstock, D.V. DeVincentis and Tanase Popa. Max Winkler executive produced and directed the pilot episode. It is produced by 20th Television.
Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Grace Gummer, Paul Anthony Kelly, Sarah Pidgeon, Naomi Watts and Connor Hines attend the red carpet premiere of FX’s “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette“ at Carnegie Hall in New York City, February 3, 2026.
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