EXCLUSIVE: JFK Jr. Series Backlash Explodes as Actress Taking on Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy Role Rips Intro Trolls Slamming Project
The JFK Jr. series faces backlash as the actress playing Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy defends the role.
Aug. 7 2025, Published 6:00 a.m. ET
Sarah Pidgeon is clapping back at critics who are blasting the wardrobe she wears as Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy in the upcoming FX series American Love Story, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
"I can't wait for them to see [the series]," Pidgeon said to the haters. "We're just getting started. It's been so exciting. I feel very honored to take on this role and learn about such an incredible woman who's endured for [over] 25 years now."
Wardrobe Backlash
Ryan Murphy's casting reveal sparked backlash over Sarah Pidgeon's wardrobe as Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy.
After series creator Ryan Murphy shared the first official photograph of 29-year-old Pidgeon as Carolyn, along with Paul Kelly as John F. Kennedy Jr., fans didn't hold back.
"Is it too late to recast Carolyn and hire a wardrobe dept that dresses her accurately? She didn't wear ill-fitting, inexpensive clothes." wrote one hater online.
Even Carolyn's hair colorist, Brad Johns, chimed in, slamming the styling of the character's tresses.
Hair Raising Problems
Brad Johns slammed the FX series' hair styling, saying Bessette-Kennedy's look is 'too 2024' for the '90s icon.
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"No one would believe Carolyn in the '90s would ever have that color from me," he said. "It's too 2024."
The stylist described the real Carolyn's hair as a "toffee" shade, adding that when his late client sees the color of Carolyn's hair in the series, "she's going to be swirling in heaven."
