The White House under Democratic President John F. Kennedy was nicknamed Camelot and the Kennedy political dynasty has been called American royalty.
Now one family member, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has something in common with real royalty.
Back in 1993, United Kingdom tabloids shared the transcript of a 1989 phone call between affair partners, then Prince Charles and his longtime mistress Camilla Parker Bowles.
The now King Charles III had been married to Princess Diana for eight years by 1989. His longtime mistress, the now Queen Camilla, was in her 16th year of marriage to Andrew Parker Bowles. Charles and Di would divorce in 1996, the year after Camilla and Andrew divorced after 22 years together.
The transcript came to be known as Tampongate due to Charles' idea of romantic banter with his mistress.
Prince Charles said:
"Oh, God. I’ll just live inside your trousers or something. It would be much easier!"
His mistress Camilla responded:
"What are you going to turn into, a pair of knickers? Oh, you’re going to come back as a pair of knickers."
Britain's future king replied:
"Or, God forbid, a Tampax. Just my luck! My luck to be chucked down a lavatory and go on and on forever swirling round on the top, never going down."
It was universally received as weird, gross, and the most disturbing phone sex to be made public.
Now RFK Jr. may take the crown from Charles—pun intended—for the cringiest, grossest message to an affair partner.
In 2024, antivaxxer conspiracy theorist RFK Jr. was running for President and was in his 10th year of marriage to actor Cheryl Hines. New York magazine's Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi was covering the 2024 election and was engaged to then CNN political advisor and Politico's Chief Washington Correspondent Ryan Lizza.
In September of 2024, Nuzzi—known for cozying up to top Republicans for better access—was placed on leave by New York magazine after disclosing an affair she had with RFK Jr. while covering his campaign. Both Ryan Lizza and New York magazine parted ways with Nuzzi in the aftermath.
Last week, Nuzzi shared an excerpt from her new memoir that targeted her former fiancé. In response, Lizza shared a love poem RFK Jr. allegedly sent to Nuzzi during their affair.
It's...
RFK Jr. allegedly wrote to Nuzzi via text:
"Yr open mouth awaiting my harvest. Drink from me Love."
The missive continued with a portion that gave many who read it sexual assault vibes.
"I mean to squeeze your cheeks to force open your mouth. I’ll hold your nose as you look up at me to encourage you to swallow. ‘Dont spill a drop’."
The married presidential candidate's poem ended with:
"I am a river You are my canyon. I mean to flow through you. I mean to subdue and tame you. My Love.
To say people were creeped out is a gross understatement.
RFK Jr.'s third wife, actor Hines, didn't come out unscathed...
...nor did Nuzzi.
Some people tried to save others.
Lizza also claimed one of RFK Jr.'s poems to Nuzzi taught him about the sexual act of "felching."
Suddenly Charles' tampon musings seem decidedly less creepy.
Cheryl Hines has called the affair claims by Olivia Nuzzi, the poem, and a potential pregnancy she also claimed happened "laughable if it wasn't so hurtful." Hines called Nuzzi a "f**king liar."
