As alford describes it, when jfk first had sex with her, her reaction was unquestioning acquiescence. The spectator in the summer of 1962, nineteenyearold mimi beardsley arrived in washington, d. Fifty years after she says she lost her virginity to the president, mimi alford is coming forward to detail her 18month affair with john f. Her story is engrossing and shocking at the same time. Mimi was a mere 19 years of age when she obtained a coveted internship working with the press corp. In a new tellall memoir, former white house intern mimi alford details her 18month long affair with president john f. Then after the death of jfk, how mimi lived a normal life. Book details teenage interns white house affair with jfk. Courtesy mimi alford as alford details in her 2012 book, once upon a secret, she was stunned when she received a call from dave powers, a close kennedy aide known unofficially as the first friend.
Interns memoir details affair with president kennedy. Despite the affairs consuming influence over her life at the time, alford managed to keep the illicit trysts a secret for 40 years, until clues were leaked in 2003. She had not even told her parents or children of the affair. Kennedy and its aftermath, by mimi beardsley alford, chronicles the 18month relationship that ended when kennedy died in 1963. Mimi beardsley alford, a retired new york church administrator who had an affair with john f. Also, mimi had an affair with president john f kennedy while working in the white house. Kennedy while she was an intern in the white house. She gives intimate details without the sordid light that might make me hate him. Alford, then known by her maiden name as mimi beardsley, was a 19yearold college student and intern in the white house press office. Mimi alford, a former mistress of president john f kennedy, reveals new details of their relationship in a book, according to us media reports.
Mimi just explains how he managed his relationship with her. I am a huge fan of any book that deals with jfk, marilyn monroe, the rat pack etc. You cant help liking her, or her elegant and thoroughly goodnatured book. Jfks internmistress mimi alford confesses, i did love him. In her first television interview, alford described her relationship with. Jfks innocent exintern writes a book about alleged affair. The confessions of a teenage intern in jfks white house are less kissntell than threeact tragedy mimi alford photographed during her 18month affair with kennedy. Mimi alford, now a 69yearold grandmother, tells how jfk pictured led her into mrs kennedys room at the white house during a personal tour, where he proceeded to have sex with her. My hidden affair with jfk kindle edition by alford, mimi. The twoway in whats being billed as an explosive tellall, mimi alford says she lost her virginity to the president. The details of the mimi alford affair were first hinted about in a 2003 book an unfinished life. Hence, with one book in 2003 previously revealing a jfk alford affair, and alford having previously told news in 2006 that she did have an affair with jfk, the former white house intern still. More than half a century after his death, it is clear that mimi alford remains very much under the spell that kennedy cast upon those who came in and out of his circle. A book written by the teenage mistress of former u.
During the 18 months that mimi alford was president john f kennedys lover, he never kissed her on the lips. Now 68, the former intern describes her tumultuous relationship with president john f kennedy. Moreover, when she was in a relationship with the president, she was just 19 years old. White house intern involved with jfk in 1960s to write. John f kennedys mistress details their affair in new book the teenage mistress of president john f kennedy has written a memoir describing how. Mimi alford aka mimi beardsley photos revealed from jfk. The author admirably straddles the very fine line between telling most of the sordid details of her encounters with jfk and the effects they were having on her. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jfk intern and former mistress mimi alford reveals new. Hailing from pedigree and a family of stature and means, she fit the classic mold of high society.
He once asked her to do, well, something naughty with his brother ted. Jfk intern breaks silence about affair thoughts president kennedy affair with former white house intern thoughts reports say a former white. The relationship was exposed in 2003 in a biography of kennedy that included a reference to jfks involvement with a mimi beardsley. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading once upon a secret. Jfk intern mimi alford shares story of her affair with.
Now, 50 years later, mimi alford is opening up about her story in her new memoir, once upon a secret. Jfk intern mimi alford shares story of her affair with kennedy in new. Mimi alford kept her secret affair with jfk a secret for 40 some years which in a society where women are creating and leaking sex tapes to get attention is unheard of. In new book, former white house intern details her alleged affair with jfk. Moreover, mimi was born on 7th may 1943 in arkansas, usa. The most lewd details of alfords book have made tabloid front pages across the world. Was jfks seduction routine that routine, or did follett use this book as. By the 1980s, her marriage was crumbling around her, and she found solace in running and a brief affair with another runner. The book, out wednesday was bought by the post at a manhattan bookstore. Marion fay mimi alford is an american woman who had an affair with president john f. Jfk and mimi alford mimi alford, former intern for president john f kennedy in 1962, shares explosive details of her affair with the president in her new book once upon a secret. Another shocking story from former white house intern mimi alfords memoir about her affair with president kennedy.
Jfks teen mistress addresses relationship in memoir. Kennedy and its aftermath, the former white house intern detailed her. During the 18 months that mimi alford was president. Kennedy and its aftermath, poses for a photograph, in new york. But mimi alford, a white house intern from new jersey, was smitten nonetheless. Personally, i find jfk to be one of the most interesting presidents, so i was fascinated by mimi alfords excellent 2012 book, once upon a secret. Mimi alford kept her secret affair with the former u. Mimi alford tells the story of her affair with president john f.
Now, as mrs alford, a sixtysomething divorcee, she has decided to take control of my story. Kennedy, opened up this wednesday with meredith vieira on rock center. Jfk took the virginity of white house intern mimi alford. Jfk mistress mimi alford reveals new details in book. Mimi alford was a 19yearold white house intern when she says she began an affair with president kennedy. Extracts in the us media of once upon a secret by mimi alford recount the affair she had with.
How president kennedy seduced white house intern mimi. But before i read in the newspaper that mimi alfords justreleased memoir, once upon a secret. President kennedy affair with former white house intern. John f kennedys mistress details their affair in new book. Book details teenage interns white house affair with jfk february 6, 2012 5. Kennedys mistress reveals startling facts in new book. Jfk intern mimi alford recounts longago trysts in new book. Mimi alford writes a candid account of her time with jfk that i just do not doubt in the least.
Jfk dared alford to perform oral sex on powers while the. The spectator in the summer of 1962, nineteenyearold mimi beardsley arrived in. Jfk mistress mimi alford reveals new details in book bbc news. Alford published her own book about the affair, once upon a secret, in 2011.
In new book, former white house intern details her alleged. One of the best things ive heard, jimmy reads excerpts from mimi beardsleys book about her affair with john f. Kennedy and its aftermath, described giving dave powers a blow. Mimi alford, former white house intern, details affair. Some of the books most chilling revelations are the things that didnt happen. Kennedy while she served as an intern in the white house press office in 1962 and 1963. How was mimi a young girl able to make secret a relationship with a world figure. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Mimi alford tells of her secret affair with jfk telegraph. Kennedy and its aftermath, alford, now a 69yearold grandmother and retired new york city church administrator, sets the record straight in searingly candid detail. Mimi alford tells of her secret affair with jfk now 68, the former intern describes her tumultuous relationship with president john f kennedy. The details of that alleged affair are recorded in her new memoir, once upon a secret. A new book shares explicit details about a 50yearold presidential sex scandal between jfk and a white house intern. If you like to read about the life of president john f.
Kennedy and its aftermath, will be released on wednesday. The sensational story of mimi alford and the secret she kept for 40 years her teenage affair with president john f kennedy during her time as a white house intern. She herself admitted and revealed in his book once upon a secret in 2011. Mimi alford jfk mistress affair book, photos prompt. As we dig deeper in this hilarious story we fall into a whirlwind of.
Jfk intern mimi alford talks about her presidential affair and tellall book with leslie bennetts. Mimi alford, the former white house intern who wrote a book claiming she had an affair with thenpresident john f. Alford was a 19yearold white house intern when she entered into an affair with president kennedy. Mimi seldom allowed herself to think about her time with jfk and sold or destroyed gifts he had given her. Marion mimi alford born may 7, 1943 is an american woman who wrote a book first published in 2011 about her affair 50 years earlier with the united states president john f. As in most books involving private affairs with public officials, most of the principals in the book are dead.