Daryl Hannah has no love for “Love Story.”
The actress wrote a scathing essay for the New York Times published Friday slamming the Ryan Murphy show, which highlights Hannah’s romance with John F. Kennedy Jr. before he fell in love with Carolyn Bessette.
Corbis/VCG via Getty Images Eric Liebowitz/FX “I have long believed that engaging with distortion often amplifies it,” the 65-year-old actress wrote at the beginning of her essay.
“But a recent tragedy-exploiting television series about John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette features a character using my name and presents her as me,” Hannah continued. “The choice to portray her as irritating, self-absorbed, whiny and inappropriate was no accident.”
Hannah insisted the series — which stars Paul Anthony Kelly as Kennedy Jr. and Sarah Pidgeon as Bessette — isn’t “a remotely accurate representation of my life, my conduct or my relationship with John.”
“The actions and behaviors attributed to me are untrue,” she added, accusing the show of “textbook misogyny” by framing her as a “rival” to Kennedy Jr. and Bessette’s relationship.
Hannah then called out specific moments in the show that she insists
“I have never used cocaine in my life or hosted cocaine-fueled parties,” she wrote. “I have never pressured anyone into marriage. I have never desecrated any family heirloom or intruded upon anyone’s private memorial. I have never planted any story in the press. I never compared Jacqueline Onassis’ death to a dog’s.”
She also said “it’s appalling” that she has to “defend” herself against a TV show, reiterating that the “embellishments” of her personality are “false.”
Later in her essay, Hannah noted that her “silence should not be mistaken for agreement with lies.”
“Apparently, my discretion makes me a target,” she said, adding, “Reputation is not about ego — it is about the ability to continue doing the meaningful work I love. Like any career, doing good work requires an intact reputation. This is why I am choosing to stand up for myself now.”
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