The Kennedy Family Member's Blunt Pep Talk to Carolyn Bessette Before Wedding to JFK Jr

Ethel Kennedy, aunt of John F. Kennedy Jr., reportedly gave Carolyn Bessette a blunt pep talk before their wedding, advising her on what it takes to be a Kennedy wife and survive in the public eye. Ethel emphasized the importance of maintaining one's own identity, not letting their husbands influence them into bad behavior, and not fighting in public. She praised Bessette's character and intelligence, stating that she was more powerful than any of the other women JFK Jr. had dated. The couple married in 1996 and tragically died in a plane crash in 1999.