‘Love Story’ Episode 5: The Insider’s Recap — “I Assure You, John Was Not a ‘P***y’”

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text Lisa DePaulo was a feature writer for John F. Kennedy Jr.’s magazine George and has shared her opinion of the FX series Love Story for THR . She will be recapping episodes through the end of the season, beginning with episode five, titled “Battery Park,” below. *** So this one’s called “Battery Park,” due to the alleged site of the infamous knock-down ring-pulling fight between John and Carolyn that in real life was most unfortunately captured by a paparazzo in the bushes. So now there is much online consternation over whether it actually did happen in Battery Park or Washington Square Park. Oh, who bloody cares? It happened. (And I can see why Battery Park sounded better to Ryan Murphy . Battery , get it? You’re so subtle, Ryan.) Related Stories TV 'Love Story' Star Sarah Pidgeon on Recreating JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette's Infamous Battery Park Fight Guest Column I Knew JFK Jr. I Thought I Would Sob Through 'Love Story.' Instead, I Laughed Out Loud. And did he really pull her ring off? (Yes.) And — this one’s nuts — did the ring really break in half? Break in half? It was Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s diamond and sapphire ring (that in a previous episode, John sneakily steals from the stash that his sister is selling at Sotheby’s). It most assuredly did not break in half. And none of this is true anyway. John did not propose to Carolyn with Jackie’s ring. And does anyone really think John Kennedy stole one of his mother’s rings? Are you kidding me? He proposed with a gorgeous and simple band of diamonds and sapphires that he designed himself and was influenced by one of Jackie’s rings, her “swimming ring.” Wait, you don’t have a swimming ring? And now do you see the kind of bullshit John and Carolyn dealt with on a daily basis? T...