Interview with J. Randy Taraborrelli 2
J. Randy Taraborrelli
author of "JFK: Public, Private, Secret"
Michael Carter
Co-Host
J. Randy Taraborrelli, author of "JFK: Public, Private, Secret"
J. Randy Taraborrelli's Website
J. RANDY TARABORRELLI is the author of more than 20 biographies, including his latest, “Jackie – Public, Private, Secret,” which presents Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in a brand new and exciting light. The book was featured on the cover of “People” magazine (July 2023). After Taraborrelli’s book-launching appearances on “Good Morning America,” and “Nightline,” “Jackie,” debuted on The New York Times Bestseller List (August 6, 2023) at number three!
Sixteen other Taraborrelli’s books have gone on to become New York Times’ best sellers, including the “Jackie & Lee – The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss and her daughters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill.” Some of his other best sellers are: “Call Her Miss Ross,” “Sinatra – Behind the Legend,” “Madonna – An Intimate Biography,” “Jackie, Ethel, Joan – Women of Camelot,” “Elizabeth,”(a biography of Elizabeth Taylor); “The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe” and “After Camelot – A Personal History of the Kennedy Family 1968 to the Present.”
Taraborrelli’s best seller, “After Camelot,” was produced as a successful miniseries for the ReelzChannel, starring Katie Holmes as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Matthew Perry as Ted Kennedy. Taraborrelli was one of the Executive Producers, as were Holmes and Perry. It is available here on Amazon. A previous book about the Kennedys – “Jackie, Ethel, Joan – Women of Camelot” was a highly-rated miniseries for NBC, starring Jill Hennesey as Jackie and Lauren Holly as Ethel. That show, too, is available on Amazon.
J. Randy’s national best seller, “The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe” was also the basis of a miniseries of the same name for Lifetime, starring Susan Sarandon, Kelli Garner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Emily Watson. It aired to critical acclaim in 2015 and garnered 17 award nominations and, of course, is available on Amazon.
For many years, J. Randy Taraborrelli has been seen promoting his books on national television shows such as “Good Morning America,” “Today,” “CBS This Morning,” “Entertainment Tonight” and “Inside Edition” as well as many programs for CNN, Fox and MSNBC. He has also been a correspondent for many international publications such as “The Daily Mail,” “Telegraph,” “Hello!” and “Paris Match.” In addition, Taraborrelli is a CBS News consultant and, in that capacity, covered the Michael Jackson trial in Santa Maria for the network. He also anchored Jackson’s funeral for CBS with Katie Couric.
More recently, J. Randy has expanded his talent into television writing. He’s currently adapting several of his books as exciting TV series, including “The Hiltons,” “Once Upon a Time,” and his latest, “Jackie – Public, Private, Secret.”
J. Randy’s website can be found at: JRandyTaraborrelli.com
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF AMAZON EDITORS’ BEST BOOKS OF JULY From the New York Times bestselling Kennedy historian and author of Jackie: Public, Private, Secret comes the other side of the story—her husband’s: JFK: Public, Private, Secret. In this definitive portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy—one of America’s most consequential and enigmatic presidents—J. Randy Taraborrelli delivers a deeply researched and authoritative biography. More than the story of a presidency, this is an intimate study of a man whose public triumphs were shaped—and at times overshadowed—by the complex realities of his private life, from his legendary family to his marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy. Drawing from hundreds of interviews conducted over twenty-five years—as well as candid, first-hand oral histories from the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presidential Library, rare internal reports from the Secret Service, detailed files from the National Archives, and intelligence documents from both the CIA and FBI. This is JFK as never before captured by history: brilliant yet fallible, revered yet human—a figure whose legacy continues to shape America and the world. Groundbreaking Revelations Include:
• A marriage defined by both devotion and distance—and Jackie’s quiet but firm rules regarding her husband’s infidelities.
• The romance that posed a potential national security risk—JFK’s deep connection with Inga Arvad, a woman he considered his great love, brought to an abrupt end due to FBI concerns over her ties to Nazi intelligence.
• The long-awaited truth about Marilyn Monroe—uncovered at last through the firsthand account of one of her closest confidantes, shattering decades of speculation and exposing the reality of her deeply complicated connection to JFK.
• The woman who might have changed history—Joan Lundberg, the mistress JFK turned to during the darkest time in his marriage, whose clandestine relationship with him threatened to derail his entire political career.
• The Mafia’s role in his rise to power—a definitive account that separates fact from fiction and lays bare the extent of organized crime’s involvement in JFK’s election.
• A presidency tested by betrayal and crisis—why JFK felt undermined by his own cabinet during the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and how he ultimately seized control of his administration during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The JFK presented in Taraborrelli’s definitive biography is a complex and endlessly fascinating historical figure—despite, and perhaps even because of, his many flaws.