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===Marriage=== After his relationship with Daryl Hannah ended, Kennedy lived with [[Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy|Carolyn Bessette]], who worked in the fashion industry. They were engaged for a year, though Kennedy consistently denied reports of this. On September 21, 1996, they were married in a private ceremony on [[Cumberland Island]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Landau|first=Elaine|title=John F. Kennedy, Jr.|publisher=Twenty-First Century Books|year=2000|pages=117|isbn=0-7613-1857-7}}</ref> where his sister, Caroline, was [[matron of honor]] and his cousin [[Anthony Radziwill]] was best man.<ref>{{cite book|last=Heymann|first=Clemens David|title=American Legacy: The Story of John & Caroline Kennedy|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2007a|pages=[https://archive.org/details/americanlegacyst00heym/page/458 458]|isbn=978-0-7434-9738-1|url=https://archive.org/details/americanlegacyst00heym/page/458}}</ref> His nieces [[Rose Schlossberg|Rose Kennedy Schlossberg]] and [[Tatiana Schlossberg|Tatiana Kennedy Schlossberg]] served as the flower girls, and nephew [[Jack Schlossberg|Jack Kennedy Schlossberg]] served as the ring bearer.<ref>{{Cite magazine |first=Tom |last=Gliatto |title=Bridal Sweet |url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-bridal-sweet-vol-46-no-15/ |date=October 7, 1996 |access-date=September 8, 2024 |magazine=People}}</ref> The next day, Kennedy's cousin [[Patrick J. Kennedy|Patrick]] revealed that the pair had married. When they returned to their Manhattan home a mass of reporters was on the doorstep. One of them asked Kennedy if he had enjoyed his honeymoon, to which he responded: "Very much." Kennedy added, "Getting married is a big adjustment for us, and for a private citizen like Carolyn even more so. I ask you to give her all the privacy and room you can."<ref>Heymann, p. 463.</ref> Bessette was disoriented by the constant attention of the paparazzi. The couple were permanently on show, both at fashionable Manhattan events and on their travels to visit celebrities such as [[Mariuccia Mandelli]] and [[Gianni Versace]].<ref>Heymann, p. 447.</ref> She complained to her friend, journalist Jonathan Soroff, that she could not get a job without being accused of exploiting her fame.<ref>Heymann, pp. 472-473.</ref> The couple began seeing a marriage counselor in March 1999 and sought counseling from [[Cardinal John O'Connor]] in the summer of 1999.{{sfn|Heymann|2007|p=487}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Klein|first=Edward|author-link=Edward Klein|title=The Kennedy Curse: Why Tragedy Has Haunted America's First Family for 150 Years|year=2004|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=0-312-31293-8|page=114}}</ref>
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