On Watch What Happens Live, Brooke Shields insisted her connection with JFK Jr. wasn’t a full-blown relationship—and she never slept with him. The comments come as FX’s Love Story continues to stir reactions from real people tied to the late couple’s history.
Brooke Shields didn’t just watch FX’s Love Story—she watched it all the way through, and she loved what she saw.
Appearing on the Thursday. May 21 episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen. the actress. 60. was asked what she thought about the series. Love Story is based on John F. Kennedy Jr.’s romance with Carolyn Bessette before their deaths in 1999. After its February release, it has drawn mixed reviews from some of the real-life people depicted in the show.
“I watched it start to finish. I loved it. I thought the acting was amazing,” Shields said on WWHL.
But as the show’s portrayal of her connection to JFK Jr. continues to circulate, Shields made one point very clear. She insisted she didn’t have a “love story,” and she pushed back on the idea that her relationship went further than what she described.
“I didn’t have a love story, I had a crazy, crazy crush,” she explained. “We dated, but I never slept with him, so I don’t know if that counts.”
She added that JFK Jr. “was lovely to me.”
Shields also brought her family into the conversation in a different way: her daughter, Rowan Henchy, 23, worked on the series as a production assistant. Shields shares Rowan and Grier, 20, with her husband, Chris Henchy.
In an interview published by People on May 18. Shields recalled being surprised when Rowan told her that her 1980s fling with the politician was included in the series. “That was a little weird,” Shields told the publication. “I was away. and my daughter called me and she says. ‘Oh my God. you’re mentioned in Love Story. ’ and she’s like. ‘Is it true?’”.
Shields said she answered simply. “I was like, ‘OK, I’d be happy to tell you all the stories if you want, but — yes.’”
Rowan, for her part, joked about Shields’ past with JFK Jr. through a TikTok video in March. “I wonder if JFK Jr. was a good kisser?” Rowan wrote over the clip while lip-synching to Charli XCX’s “Boom Clap.” The camera then panned to Shields. who mouthed the lyrics. and a text overlay on the video read. “One of the best.”.
Shields previously spoke about her dating experience with JFK Jr. during an interview with The Howard Stern Show in 2023. She described having “a real date” and said she wouldn’t “sleep with him.” “I kind of loved him too much. ” she recalled. “It was beyond not-disappointing. I froze though because he was so precious to me. 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.’”.
She went on: “I wasn’t playing a game. I really was just so afraid of being really hurt, because if I slept with him I would’ve given him my entire universe, my heart, my everything.”
On WWHL. Shields also addressed another pop-culture project tied to a major name from her past: whether she’d seen Micheal. a 2026 musical drama based on her late. longtime friend Michael Jackson. “I have not seen his movie yet, but I want to. I’m told I’m not in it, and I didn’t even think that I would be,” she said.
She added that people keep asking if she’s “upset” about the movie. “I’m like, ‘No, he was my dear friend,” she said.
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JFK Jr. and Brooke Shields tho? I mean come on.
So she “dated” but didn’t sleep with him… ok but isn’t that like still a relationship? Everybody always changes the story depending on who’s asking.
I don’t even get why this is news. The show is obviously dramatized. But also like… if she had a crazy crush then why is everyone acting like it’s some huge scandal? Seems kinda obvious she didn’t sign up for the whole “Love Story” title.
Wait, Rowan Henchy worked on it? That’s wild. Like the daughter’s on the production while her mom’s denying she slept with JFK Jr, like those two things are not exactly the same vibe lol. Also “we dated”??? I feel like the internet already decided the answer before this interview even happened.