The phone call that worried former President John Kennedy's wife for several years with Marilyn Monroe is revealed

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The phone call that worried former President John Kennedy's wife for

Jackie Kennedy was shocked when Marilyn Monroe, the Hollywood star who was rumored to be having a secret affair with her husband, former president John F. Kennedy, called her at home.

It was April 1962, and the first lady was in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, when her bedroom phone rang. When she picked it up, she immediately recognized the caller's voice.

Author J. Randy Taraborrelli told Fox News Digital that President John F. Kennedy's wife thought it was an inappropriate joke. His book, "Jackie: Public, Private, Secret," published Tuesday, is based on nearly 25 years of research and hundreds of interviews with her friends and family.

"There was something about that phone call," he explained. "She later told family members that Marilyn's voice bothered her... And it's not like they had any kind of deep conversation... But it had been 10 years since the question was, was it really Marilyn Monroe?

According to Taraborrelli's book, Monroe asked, "Is Jack home?" Kennedy said he wasn't and then asked who was calling. "Marilyn Monroe," answered the caller. " Am I talking to Jackie?" When Kennedy said it was her, Monroe asked her if she would tell the president for her to call. Kennedy asked what it was all about, and Monroe said it was nothing in particular. She just wanted to say hello. Kennedy, still stunned, said she would relay the message and hung up.

Still, the brief exchange, which the author says took place just four months before Monroe's death, left Kennedy with many questions.

Kennedy later told her mother that despite the call being "unpleasant," Monroe's voice sounded "sad" and "haunted," which she found "disturbing."

Taraborrelli said it was March 24, 1962, when John and the "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" star were "together." He pointed out that the affair lasted "for just one weekend" at Bing Crosby's house in Palm Springs.

"Jack and I talked about it," Senator George Smathers recalled, as quoted in Taraborrelli's book. “He thought she was pretty, but maybe not the smartest girl in the world. He loved her sense of humor and her games.”


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