Mary Flaig's Blog

I won't be reading two recently published books...one is, "Once Upon a Secret", by Mimi Alford...she details her year and half affair with President Kennedy, as a 19 year old intern in the White House. Apparently star struck at the time and feeling special to be chosen, she became one of Kennedy's sexual playmates. I find the fact that she has written this lurid account, so many years later, difficult to understand. She describes how he passed her around for sexual encounters with his buddies, she always addressed him as "Mr. President" and that they never kissed on the mouth. It certainly doesn't put their "romance" in an attractive light, but, now at 69, perhaps her excuse would be that she needs to supplement her retirement years.

I'll also avoid Taylor Armstrong's story of her life as a battered, abused wife..."Hiding From Reality-My Story of Love, Loss and Finding The Courage Within". Diane Dimond, writes a very insightful article, for "The Daily Beast" which points out inconsistencies in her accounts of her marriage during various talk shows interviews regarding her book, especially about an injury to her eye. This was supposed to have happened in a fight with her husband, Russell, shortly before his suicide. Taylor is a cast member, as was her husband, of the "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills", a reality show that showcased their abusive marriage and attempts to transform it, in the recently aired second season. I found it offensive that the Bravo network would allow it to run after Russell's death...Taylor's bipolar behavior during filming and now, the "dark" exploitation of her marriage, is hitting a new low in my opinion.