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When I first saw this story, I immediately recognized this woman’s last name (Radziwill), but I also thought to myself, “Of course this Real Housewife bimbo could not be in any way connected to Princess Lee Radziwill, sister of Jackie Kennedy Onassis.” But Carole Radziwill IS a relation… by marriage. Princess Lee’s son Anthony married Carole in 1994. Anthony died in 1999, just a few weeks after his first cousin John F. Kennedy Jr. and John-John’s wife Carolyn Bessette perished in a plane crash. Anthony battled cancer for years, and once I put a face to the name, I remembered seeing Carole Radziwill promote her memoir on Oprah, and how sad her story was. You can read Carole Radziwill’s Wiki here – she was a TV journalist and producer for years, and she had a legitamite and award-winning career, and she ended up marrying into the Bouvier-Kennedy family (-ish) – so why is she the newest cast member on the Real Housewives of New York?!? Girl, are you poor?
Anyway, long story short, Carole Radziwill boned George Clooney. It wasn’t a one-time thing, I guess, because Carole’s fellow Real Housewives are now gossiping that Carole and Clooney dated for a whole year… at some point?
Before Stacy Keibler, before Elisabetta Canalis, there was . . . Carole Radziwill? On Monday’s episode of Real Housewives of New York City, the new Bravo star’s supposed A-list dating past came out of the woodwork during the girls’ trip to St. Barth’s.
As the 48-year-old author and memoirist showed off her sexy bod in a tiny bikini on the beach, an impressed Sonja Morgan quipped: ““Look at the a** on Carole . . . No wonder Clooney did her for a year.”
Radziwill addressed the intriguing name drop on Twitter Monday night: “I don’t kiss and tell but if I did tell I’d say Clooney was a very good kisser . . . But I”m not saying……just saying.”
No other details have been revealed about her supposed romance with Clooney, now 50 and dating Stacy Keibler for a year.
For her part, the What Remains author is now casually dating Aerosmith rocker Russ Irwin. She is the widow of Anthony Radziwill — a Polish prince and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ nephew — her husband of five years, who died in 1999 after a long battle with cancer.
I guess Carole and Clooney dated after she was widowed and before George’s string of cocktail waitresses and “models”. Which would put it sometime in the early to mid-aughts. He was single, she was single, so it’s not scandalous or anything. It does make me think that George Clooney might have something of a Taylor Swift-like “thing” for the Kennedys too – dating Jackie Kennedy’s nephew’s widow? For real, Cloons? Other than that… I’m kind of impressed that at some point in his life, George dated a woman with an education and a career that required more than “turning her face to the light”. Of course, that woman did end up becoming a Real Housewife, so maybe she wasn’t so different after all. George Clooney and Gerard Butler are the same – they’ve both boned Real Housewives. Think about that.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Written by Kaiser
Posted in Carole Radziwill, George Clooney
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I may be the only female on earth with this opinion, but I just don’t see the Clooney allure. He does nothing for me. And he sure seems to have a thing for mannish-looking women!
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ITA, but my parents have met him – twice! – and both say he is one of the best-looking people they’ve ever seen (and one of the nicest people, too).
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+1
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I’ve never been a big fan of his either. I DID love him in O Brother Where Art Thou, though. I find him amusing, but he isn’t my ‘type’ looks wise.
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Agree! This was totally his best role. That sort of over-the-top absurd comedy suits his style. I just don’t buy him as a real person experiencing genuine emotions onscreen — like Julia Roberts, he quickly became full of his star persona and self-conscious. I see him ‘commenting’ on the scene instead of immersing himself in it.
And he was never a crush for me either. In the same physical type, Marcello Mastroianni or the French actor Pierre Arditi have much more warmth and allure in film.
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I was never into him either, but then I saw him in person and changed my mind. I was literally shaking (don’t know if it’s the celebrity thing) but he was incredibly nice signing autographs and making jokes with people. He is better-looking in person, but shorter than you’d expect.
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I like him in comedies but I have never ever thought he was hot. He always looked old and used to me and he is at worst 10 years older than me.
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@emmieapricot: He doesn’t do anything for me either. You’re not alone. I also think his acting is (mostly) over rated as well.
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Too bad for George — this is the kind of woman who’s more his match. Read her memoir — she ‘s a gifted writer.
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Her memoir was very interesting and engaging. Why the hell did she agree to this nonsense?
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She seems to be trying to become the new Candace Bushnell. She is writing a book that sounds basically like Sex and the City for widows. Darren Star is trying to launch a pilot around it.
Other than the fact that she is constantly promoting a book that sounds ridiculous, she is very funny and “un-housewife-like” on the show. One of the more enjoyable.
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The recession has not been kind to most people.
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I want her white lace top in the first pic so bad! AAAH!
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If I remember correctly, her and Andy Cohen are friends and he was begging her to do the show for awhile, so she finally gave in.
She definitely does not need the money.
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I don’t see how dating one woman years ago makes Clooney a Kennedy stalker but whatever. I think when Clooney became a name on ER he started dating bimbos. His ex-wife doesn’t fit the type of women he currently dates.
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The Bouvier girls married really well, their mother was the original Carole Middleton lol.
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They both married serial cheaters and liars (multiple times). Define “well.”
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Well she definitely is a big step up from SL, EC and Stacy Keibler. What surprising is that she is almost George’s age, so there was a point where he didn’t date women 20 years younger than him and successful women . Why is Carole on the Housewife show, I just can’t figure that one? Maybe, she thinks this will re jump start her career.
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Carole is on the RHONY bc she’s writing/developing a tv show based on one of her novels and recently found a producer for the project. RHONY is free publicity for her.
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She gave an interview to The Daily Beast and did hint that she needed the money. She lives well, but her apartment is very modest compared to the other women.
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As a viewer, she’s a great addition to the cast. Hysterical. She out and out mocks the bs. Love me some Carole.
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She’s hilarious:
“I heard two male voices outside my room. One of them was LuAnn’s…”
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She’s so far removed from Kennedy family (and really, has no relations with them, if she’s Jackie’s sister) that I really don’t see how can it be compared to Swifty-obsession. Not even close.
IMO, she’s looks ok, she may be a bit smarter than the usual, and they boned. don’t really get what’s newsworthy or unusual in all of that. I mean, I bet there are many girls/women who had something with Clooney, and they may be all kinds of women-they are just not famewh. so we don’t hear about it.
(I hate passive-agressive everything-you’re not more classy if you hint at something strongly, and then say you’re just sayin’. Ugh.)
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I guess she was too old for Clooney? Meh, who knows. What I’m having trouble wrapping my head around is the comparison between Clooney and The Butler. It’s just… oh, forget it! I just can’t. Too weird.
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Carole is my favorite. She had a real career, shes snappy and doesn’t do the bs drama.
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She is not attractive to me, not shocking since he has poor taste in women
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At first, she seemed a lil arty/pretentious, but further into the season, I see my first impression was wrong. She is pretty damn sane and laidback compared to the others (I’m especially lookin at YOU, Ramona!). I also thought she was kinda yuck looking, but now I think she’s almost beautiful and unique. Just shows that (seeming) inner beauty (maybe too strong a word) really does effect the outer beauty. AS for GC, he does NOT do ANYTHING for me, and never has. I always feel his supposed “charm” is in the same thread as like the preppie killer or something-aka creepy/manipulative.
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she is refreshingly normal for a HW! I’ve just recently found myself watching this version and she & heather definately make it watchable. How horrid is Ramona?? Those eyes alone make me want to smack her, but she is just so UGH
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Of course she is not now, nor never has been, a “housewife.”
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Can someone PLEASE explain to me why her face looks so weird?? She looks like a curmudgeon or something and I can’t figure out why. I saw a picture of her from 10 years ago and she looked totally normal.
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These are not good photographs of her. She’s unconventionally pretty, which comes across more in video than stills.
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It’s the cosmetic enhancements. her face is frozen and her veneers are horsey and too white.
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Bad botox? We all know what that does.
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She’s not a pretty woman by any stretch of the imagination, but she seems a lot cooler than the rest of that idiot cast.
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Doesn’t Lainey continually hint that he prefers the company of black men as well?
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Before she was a cheap housewife, she was a Radziwill, and related by marriage to the Kennedy’s. I assume he got with her before she sold out.
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HA. She’s dating a guy from Aerosmith? Are you kidding? My first thought when I saw her was OMG STEVEN TYLER HAD A SEX CHANGE! The first pic, mostly, but shiiit dude Niki Cox + Steven Tyler = Carole Radziwill
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She agrees with you! I wasn’t sure about her til she made a joke about herself and how Steven Tyler is the reverse drag queen version of her. I LOVE her humor!
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He sure has a thing for women with rocking bodies! Go George!
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As an off and on viewer of the show, this woman is a dream. We’ve been waiting for someone like her to contrast with the typical idiots they normally feature on these shows. She cuts through the bs and calls each one of them out for their antics without being offensive and/or petty. She really is a master at playing both sides of the fence. Her humor and insights are spot on. I’m sure she’s taking notes and will one day write a tell all perspective on the real housewives phenomenon.
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I was hoping it was NeNe.
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She seems to be very nice and calm. A cool gal. I like her personality, but she has a face like a foot. Sorry! Gread body though.
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It strikes me as odd that Clooney, one of the best looking dudes on the planet, always seems to hook up with plain janes. Sure they clean up nicely once they’re on his payroll but I wouldn’t consider any of them a knockout. Maybe George needs to be the prettiest one in the relationship?
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The prettiest women don’t always photograph well. That’s why a gorgeous woman who photographs well makes so much money acting, modeling, etc.
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And the same in reverse, their are scads of unattractive models (imo) who photograph very well, looking infinitely better than in real life. Gisele for one, and Laetitia Casta, who my ex sold a flat to – he said she looked like a diseased bunny rabbit, and ugh, Lily Cole – bleck.
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It is funny to me when George claims his personal life is personal to the media and press, so they are not allowed to ask questions about the women he dates. But here comes Carole, who didn’t get the memo on how she can’t talk about dating him. Maybe, in those days, he didn’t have any signed agreements or payouts after he split with someone. I wonder if Bravo encouraged her to talk about it, to get attention and increase their ratings.
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Age appropriate? Clooney used to do that?
George – look at her body, it’s as good as Keibler’s. Of course George looks so old and Carole looks her age so they would still look a little off but we would know they weren’t.
I think George has a bigger thing for the Kennedys (or any other major Democratic family) than Taylor.
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I am sure Clooney with all his democratic political ambitions moved right in on the grieving widow Radziwell.
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Yuck! Nasty face, chin zits, maybe anorexia & that black lace outfit is the horrible. If she’s smart, that’s good because there sure isn’t anything worth looking at here. Stash, her father-in-law, would be rolling in his grave if he saw those clothes.
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I adore Carole Radziwell. She is the real thing. Love love love her. She is hysterical, understated, with a totally scary level of style. Women want to be her, men want to you-know-what her. ‘Too cool’ is how to describe her…
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