Jack Schlossberg is expressing his disapproval of Ryan Murphy's most recently announced project, which centers on the death of his uncle, John F. Kennedy Jr., and Carolyn Bessette. When the project was first announced, Schlossberg called the new show "grotesque" and stated that the Kennedy family was neither consulted nor involved in the show.
In a post uploaded to Instagram on Wednesday, he responded to comments made by Murphy during an appearance on California Governor Gavin Newsom's podcast, where Murphy had minimized Schlossberg's memories of his late uncle, saying, "I thought it was an odd choice to be mad about your relative that you really don’t remember."
This angered Schlossberg, who took to Instagram, screenshot Murphy's comments, and put text over it that reads: "RYAN MURPHY: SAY IT TO MY FACE.”
In the caption of the post, he expressed his fondness for his late uncle. "My earliest memories are of John calling me Jackolatern and ‘the nudist,’ picking me up from school, his Pontiac convertible. I remember being the ring bearer at his wedding and the day he died,” the caption reads. "I remember Wyclef singing at his funeral. More memories are passed down from stories — like the time he locked himself out of a car in an intersection and asked the guy screaming at him if he could borrow a golf club to smash the window to get the keys, and then did it.”
He ends his caption, lambasting Murphy by writing, "You’re making millions off John, making a public spectacle of it, but won’t contribute any of your riches to the causes he championed, or the legacy of public service he represented."
Many of the comments came to Schlossberg's defense, sharing that Murphy's comments were "very weird." One person wrote, "Even if you had zero memories, he was your mother's brother. They were incredibly close. It’s awful for them to profit off of him this way." Another commenter said, "A total stranger implying your connection to and defense of your uncle is strange! Totally wild."
