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Shirley MacLaine’s account of the night Marilyn Monroe had sex with both Kennedy brothers

On the iconic night of "Happy Birthday Mr. President", the American star allegedly had sexual intercourse at different times with Bobby and John F. Kennedy

Newsroom November 4 01:39

Many different versions have seen the light of day about the sexual relations between the Kennedy brothers and Merilyn Monroe. Academy Award winner Shirley McLean celebrated her 90th birthday a few months ago by announcing the release of a new surprise book unraveling her life in the pages of The Wall of Life.

In the book, released on October 22, the legendary American actress discusses the blonde Hollywood goddess’ relationship with then-US President John and then-Senator Bobby Kennedy. As Shirley MacLaine says in her book, Marilyn had sex with both Kennedys on the same night.

On May 19, 1962, Marilyn took to the stage at “Madison Square Garden” to dedicate Happy Birthday in her melodic voice to the 35th U.S. president, singing the iconic “Happy Birthday Mr. President“. Her first lover at the time, JFK, couldn’t take his eyes off her.

Shirley McLean, now 90, who had already become a star at the time, was present at the event, so she describes in spicy detail exactly what happened at the party that followed. As she writes, she had seen President Kennedy leave a bedroom that Monroe was already in. A short time later, his smaller brother allegedly entered the same room to have sex with Marilyn as well.

At the time, Robert “Bobby” Kennedy was the Attorney General of the United States. The birthday party honoring the then President of the United States was held at the home of former politician, Arthur Crim.

It is known that the two brothers had a sexual relationship with Marilyn Monroe, but the fact that the most desirable woman in the world at the time had sex on the same night with both Kennedy brothers is something that had never been said publicly before.

Shirley MacLaine reflects on her journey from Broadway to Hollywood in her memoir The Wall of Life, discussing family, her breakthrough in The Pajama Game, and her time with the Rat Pack. https://t.co/aS3XnISQjQ pic.twitter.com/0qhPHqseDX

— CBS Sunday Morning ? (@CBSSunday) October 13, 2024

In the pages of her book, Shirley McLean writes: “In 1984, I tell Teddy Kennedy this story… and he laughs at how his brothers always managed to stay out of the limelight.”

Maureen Callahan’s account of the Monroe-Jennedy relationship

Spectacular details of Marilyn Monroe’s love life were revealed in the book published by Maureen Callahan under the title: “The Kennedys and the women they destroyed“. Callahan, who in addition to being an author is also a columnist for the British newspaper “DailyMail” reveals Marilyn’s parallel love affairs with the Kennedy brothers. The reason is the former US President John and Bobby Kennedy.

There was a “homosexual rivalry” between the two men, as Callahan writes in the pages of her book. In her book, she recounts that just half an hour before appearing on stage to sing “Happy Birthday” to the then-president on May 19, 1962, at Madison Square Garden, she had sex with Bobby in her dressing room. “She belatedly walked onto the stage while her dress was so tight she couldn’t walk,”
in the pages of her book, among other things.

Jackie, JFK’s wife, was “furious” after the blonde beauty’s performance on stage and then decided to give her husband an ultimatum. If she kept seeing Marilyn, she would divorce him. As reported, Kennedy has not slept with Marilyn again since then. However, the relationship between the big star of the American scene, Bobby Kennedy, continued. JFK’s brother continued to visit her at her home. Even the night she died at her Los Angeles home on August 5, 1962.

The ultimate sex symbol first met JFK, who was already married to Jackie, in 1954 at a Hollywood party, writes Callahan. In the years that followed, the American singer and actress fell in love with both the president and his brother, who was also married.

Maria Callas and Marilyn Monroe at JFK's birthday gala, 1962. pic.twitter.com/VL9SH2jmVT

— ?.helga krueger? (@anemlon) July 22, 2023

The psychiatrist who was monitoring Marilyn was very concerned about her mental state and tried to warn her about the people she was associating and having sexual relations with: “I’m trying to help her not to be so lonely and […] not to associate with very destructive people who will engage in some kind of sadomasochistic relationship with her,” he is reported to have said.

After having sex with his brother, he sang “Happy Birthday” to JFK

Wearing a clingy dress that showed off her curves, Marilyn sang the famous “Happy Birthday to You” to US President John F. Kennedy with a lustful look and almost in a whisper on May 19, 1962, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. An actress, singer, and model, the ultimate sex symbol had now established herself as one of the world’s most recognizable actresses.

Marilyn Monroe performing for JFK 'Happy Birthday, Mr President' wearing her iconic rhinestone gown. pic.twitter.com/mvQ3SAPHJR

— JJ. (@blondenouveau) November 8, 2023

Wearing “The Happy Birthday dress” as it has gone down in history, silk and sheer, and without underwear as most claim, adorned with nearly 4,000 crystals, the utterly charming blonde wishes “Happy Birthday” in her feminine way on JFK’s 45th birthday. At the time, Marilyn was at the height of her career. “Happy Birthday, Mr. President,” lasting just a minute, managed to make history.

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At the same time, 15,000 people had gathered at Madison Square Garden and gawked at her from the way she sang and swayed on stage.

This was one of the last great performances by a true star before her death. At the time, the star was taking a lot of sleeping pills so she could sleep, and had also been hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital.

On August 5, 1962, her housekeeper found her lying naked on her bed with an empty bottle of sleeping pills next to her, holding the phone receiver in her hand. She was only 36 years old. Her death was ruled a suicide, but many believed it was a CIA assassination because of her love affair with the Kennedy brothers.

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