Daryl Hannah Blasts Ryan Murphy’s ‘Appalling’ Love Story TV Show

Daryl Hannah is not a fan of Ryan Murphy’s new TV show, Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette.

Executive produced by Murphy, Love Story is a new biographical romance anthology series created by Connor Hines. The show, which details the courtship and marriage of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, premiered on FX and FX on Hulu last month. With the sixth episode having recently been released, it stars Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette and Paul Anthony Kelly as John F. Kennedy. Dree Hemingway plays Hannah, who had a long-term relationship with Kennedy Jr. before he met Bessette, in the show.

What did Daryl Hannah say about Ryan Murphy’s Love Story TV show?

In an opinion piece for The New York Times, Hannah bashed Love Story and criticized it for being a “tragedy-exploiting” show that purposefully chose to portray her as “irritating, self-absorbed, whiny, and inappropriate.”

Hannah continued, “A real, living person is not a narrative device. There is also a gendered dimension to this thinking. Popular culture has long elevated certain women by portraying others as rivals, obstacles, or villains. Isn’t it textbook misogyny to tear down one woman in order to build up another?

“The character ‘Daryl Hannah’ portrayed in the series is not even a remotely accurate representation of my life, my conduct, or my relationship with John. The actions and behaviors attributed to me are untrue. I have never used cocaine in my life or hosted cocaine-fueled parties. 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. It’s appalling to me that I even have to defend myself against a television show. These are not creative embellishments of personality. They are assertions about conduct — and they are false.”

Hannah said she’s received “many hostile and even threatening messages” from viewers who “seem to believe the portrayal is factual” since the show has aired.

This isn’t the first time that Murphy has found himself in this position. Shows like Monster, Feud, American Crime Story, and more have all been criticized for mishandling real-life events in inappropriate ways.

Source: Comingsoon.net