<p id=”par-1_10″>Jack Schlossberg is not a fan of FX’s <em>Love Story. </em></p>
<p id=”par-2_50″>The latest series from the prolific Emmy-winner Ryan Murphy chronicles Schlossberg’s late uncle <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/how-did-jfk-jr-meet-carolyn-bessette-inside-the-tragic-true-tale-behind-ryan-murphys-love-story.html/”>John F. Kennedy Jr.’s romance with Carolyn Bessette</a>. The show, which premiered February 26, quickly earned a place in Hulu’s top 10. But for the Kennedy heir, it’s merely a cheap exploitation of his famous family’s legacy.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-jack-schlossberg-says-love-story-creator-knows-nothing-about-what-s-he-s-talking-about”>Jack Schlossberg says ‘Love Story’ creator ‘knows nothing about what’s he’s talking about’</h2>
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<p id=”par-3_57″>“If you want to know someone who’s never met anyone in my family, knows nothing about us, talk to Ryan Murphy,” said Schlossberg during an appearance on <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSzpQDQ7r4U” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”><em>CBS Sunday Morning</em></a> on March 1. “The guy knows nothing about what he’s talking about, and he’s making a ton of money on a grotesque display of someone else’s life.”</p>
<p id=”par-4_44″><em>Love Story </em>follows JFK Jr. (Paul Kelly) and Carolyn’s (Sarah Pidgeon) dramatic relationship, which ended in a tragic 1999 small plane crash off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. Schlossberg’s parents, Caroline Kennedy (Grace Gummer) and Edwin Schlossberg (Ben Shenkman), are characters in the show. </p>
<p id=”par-5_14″>Murphy is an executive producer of <em>Love Story, </em>which was created by Connor Hines.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-ryan-murphy-has-been-criticized-for-his-ripped-from-the-headlines-shows”>Ryan Murphy has been criticized for his ripped-from-the-headlines shows</h2>
<p id=”par-6_54″>Schlossberg isn’t the first to criticize Murphy’s approach to telling fact-based stories. He’s been slammed by people connected to the Jeffrey Dahmer murders, which were fictionalized in his 2022 Netflix series <em>Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story</em>. He was also criticized by the Menendez brothers, the subjects of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/monsters-the-lyle-and-erik-menendez-story-menendez-brothers-today.html/”><em>Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story</em></a><em>. </em></p>
<p id=”par-7_12″>Erik Menendez said Murphy’s series about him was full of “blatant lies.”</p>
<p id=”par-8_45″>“Murphy shapes his horrible narrative through vile and appalling character portrayals of Lyle and of me and disheartening slander,” he said in a statement (via <a href=”https://www.npr.org/2024/09/23/nx-s1-5123898/menendez-brothers-comment-netflix-monsters” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>NPR</a>). But he later <a href=”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/menendez-brothers-grateful-ryan-murphy-monsters-the-lyle-and-erik-menendez-story-1236143465/”>revised his opinion</a>. He admitted the show helped viewers understand his and his brother’s traumatic childhood. </p>
<p id=”par-9_14″>Some relatives of Dahmer’s victims also condemned Murphy for profiting off of their pain.</p>
<p id=”par-10_27″>“I don’t see how they can use our names and put stuff out like that out there,” Shirley Hughes, the mother of Tony Hughes, told <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/10/dahmer-victim-tony-hughes-mother-condemns-netflix-series” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The Guardian</a>. </p>
<p id=”par-11_49″>Rita Isbell is the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/monster-the-jeffrey-dahmer-story-errol-lindseys-sister-reacts-netflix-series-thats-just-greed.html/”>sister of Errol Lindsay</a>, another of Dahmer’s victims. She wrote in an essay for <a href=”https://www.insider.com/rita-isbell-sister-jeffrey-dahmer-victim-talks-about-netflix-show-2022-9″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Insider</a> that it was jarring to see her testimony at Dahmer’s sentencing recreated verbatim for the show. Isbell was never consulted about the series, which she described as “harsh and careless.”</p>
<p id=”par-12_20″>Relatives of murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace also had blunt words for his 2018 series <em>The Assassination of Gianni Versace. </em></p>
<p id=”par-13_49″>“The Versace family has neither authorized nor had any involvement whatsoever in the forthcoming TV series about the death of Mr. Gianni Versace,” the family said in a statement shared with <a href=”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/versace-family-blasts-american-crime-story-fx-drama-a-work-fiction-1072888/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The Hollywood Reporter</a>. They added that the “TV series should only be considered as a work of fiction.” </p>
<p id=”par-14_19″><em> Love Story</em> airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET / PT on FX. Episodes stream the next day on Hulu.</p>
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