{"id":586386,"date":"2026-04-06T18:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/586386\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:48:08","slug":"carolyn-bessettes-feud-with-gwyneth-paltrow-during-calvin-klein-years-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/586386\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolyn Bessette&#8217;s feud with Gwyneth Paltrow during Calvin Klein years exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carolyn Bessette was reportedly not a fan of Gwyneth Paltrow, whom she encountered while working for Calvin Klein in the \u201990s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the publicists on the brand\u2019s small team who Gwyneth was Carolyn Bessette,\u201d author Amy Odell wrote in <a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"1668005778\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FUntitled-Amy-Odell%2Fdp%2F1668005778%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F04%2F06%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fcarolyn-bessettes-feud-with-gwyneth-paltrow-during-calvin-klein-years-exposed%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">\u201cGwyneth: The Biography,\u201d<\/a> concerning the Calvin Klein fashion house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to one person familiar with her thinking, Gwyneth irked her. When there were pictures of Gwyneth in the papers, Bessette, who viewed her as \u2018little miss perfect,\u2019 would make cutting remarks about her,\u201d the author claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Carolyn Bessette did not like Gwyneth Paltrow, seen here in 1996, according to a biography about the actress. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Bessette, who worked at Calvin Klein in the 90s, reportedly made \u201ccutting remarks\u201d about the actress. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Paltrow did not respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Paltrow was a star client of Klein, as confirmed by former staffer Kara Mendelsohn, who shared a story of meeting the \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d star in the late \u201990s.<\/p>\n<p>Mendelsohn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU50zWUDgMk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">remembered in an Instagram post<\/a> that the actress, 53, had been \u201chelicoptered\u201d in for the fashion show and was immediately whisked to her seat, unlike other celebrities who had to wait for an elevator to fill up before they could be taken to the show.<\/p>\n<p>Paltrow was a Calvin Klein star client and attended his shows, including one in 1996. Corbis\/VCG via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Bessette, seen here in 1992 with Calvin Klein, worked for the designer for 8 years. Penske Media via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou weren\u2019t allowed to look at Paltrow or talk, other than, \u2018Follow me,&#8217;\u201d Menedelsohn recalled, before stressing that Paltrow was not rude or entitled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was quiet, she was a 26-year-old massive celebrity that was trying gracefully to get to her seat,\u201d Mendelsohn added.<\/p>\n<p>Bessette\u2019s time at Calvin Klein and her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/a-closer-look-at-carolyn-bessette-kennedys-iconic-90s-fashion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">now-iconic personal style<\/a> have experienced a resurgence in interest due to the popularity of the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/26\/entertainment\/everything-hulus-love-story-got-right-and-wrong-about-jfk-jr-and-carolyn-bessettes-romance\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hulu and FX hit series \u201cLove Story,\u201d <\/a>which explored <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/13\/entertainment\/real-story-behind-jfk-jr-and-carolyn-bessette-love-story-show-passion-for-danger\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bessette\u2019s relationship and marriage to John F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bessette <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/26\/style\/how-calvin-klein-made-millions-from-love-story-john-f-kennedy-jr-and-carolyn-bessette\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">worked for Calvin Klein<\/a> for nearly eight years, from 1988 to the spring of 1996.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Bessette left Calvin Klein shortly before her marriage to John F. Kennedy Jr., as seen in a 1999 photo. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The couple, at an event in May 1999, died in a plane accident in July, 1999. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>She started as a salesperson at a store in Boston, was brought to New York and quickly rose to become a public relations director and show production editor.<\/p>\n<p>Bessette, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/12\/society\/why-carolyn-bessette-was-forced-to-sacrifice-calvin-klein-career-for-jfk-jr-marriage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">left shortly before her wedding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s longtime pal, Sasha Chermayeff, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/26\/entertainment\/everything-hulus-love-story-got-right-and-wrong-about-jfk-jr-and-carolyn-bessettes-romance\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exclusively told Page Six <\/a>that she \u201d left her job basically because everything had to revolve around John and George magazine,\u201d referring to the political lifestyle magazine Kennedy Jr. co-founded in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>The couple <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/27\/entertainment\/how-love-story-finale-covered-jfk-jr-and-carolyn-bessettes-fatal-plane-crash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died in a plane accident<\/a> in July 1999, alongside her sister Lauren.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carolyn Bessette was reportedly not a fan of Gwyneth Paltrow, whom she encountered while working for Calvin Klein&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,22978,361,12727,362,75,1542,150057],"class_list":{"0":"post-586386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-carolyn-bessette-kennedy","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-celebrity-memoirs","13":"tag-celebrity-news","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-gwyneth-paltrow","16":"tag-john-f-kennedy-jr"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}