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The Hollywood Godfather Podcast

S16E286: Season 16 - Episode 286 - I Personally Watched The Kennedys Annihilate Themselves

The Hollywood Godfather Podcast

GRI Entertainment

Society & Culture, True Crime, Tv & Film

4.7811 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Gianni reflects on his first encounter with Joe Kennedy, the patriarch of America's most iconic political dynasty. He shares memories of the trajectory of the Kennedy family. He recounts how he witnessed the rise and fall of the family destined for greatness, yet marked by unimaginal lose and self-destruction. It's his own unique perspective on the Kennedy legacy and the shadow of tragedy that has long followed them.

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0:00.0

My name is Gianni Russo, aka Carlo, the infamous son-in-law from the godfather.

0:07.0

I'm now known as the Hollywood Godfather, and this is my story.

0:13.0

Before all of the wins in my portfolio, I was a little boy diagnosed with polio.

0:19.0

Experimenting with cures, I tried everyone. tried everyone felt everything in my right but my left was

0:24.3

numb walking with a limp like will i ever run once again or is this it am i for ever done living in the

0:32.4

hospital was never fun some people were cool but not everyone welcome everybody tonight's show you are not Welcome, everybody.

0:37.9

Tonight's show, you are not going to believe.

0:41.0

This is our 15th series, 15 season rather, it's not series, season.

0:48.5

And Jeannie, let me introduce you first.

0:55.8

Jeannie Raymond, my co-host, fortunately.

0:59.0

Hello.

1:00.1

But you know how we always encourage people, Jeannie, to send in letters and tell us what you want to hear?

1:07.2

Well, we, I got an email from a lady called Grace from Hyannisport.

1:13.6

And she read my book, Hollywood Godfather, twice.

1:17.9

And she realized, I must have known her neighbors, the Kennedys in Hyannisport.

1:27.0

Oh, wow.

1:28.1

She's in my years, in the 80s, and she just triggered so many things in my mind.

1:38.2

And, you know, when I was a kid, I met Joe Kennedy, which we'll get into for the first

1:42.5

time.

1:50.0

Who cared? Joe Kennedy. I don't know. It was before John and all the publicity on that. So he was a Kennedy. And me being 13 or 14 years of age, what did that mean?

1:56.0

It mean? Nothing.

1:58.0

Right.

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