Jackie Kennedy ignored Maria Callas’ relationship with her husband, Aristotle Onassis: friend
When Jackie Kennedy found out that her husband Aristotle Onassis was having an affair with Maria Callas, she did what she knew best – she looked the other way.
This claim was made by Kiki Feroudi Moutsatsos, who was Onassis’ personal secretary for a long time. His memories, “Onassis Women”, dives deep into a love triangle.
Superstar soprano Callas, who died in 1977, is the subject of a new biography starring Angelina Jolie.
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Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas. (Netflix)
“Onassis never stopped seeing Maria,” Moutsatsos, 75, told Fox News Digital. “The week after they got married, she was visiting him many times. I’d say three or four times a week. Jackie was very smart and quickly realized what was going on.”
Former first lady his wife’s sister turned to Artemis Onassis regarding the not-so-secret relationship of the shipping tycoon with the singer.
“I pretended I didn’t hear anything,” Moutsatsos recalled. “But Artemis said to him, ‘Don’t mind, because that’s what usually happens here in Greece.’ “Onassis was in love with Jackie, but he was used to meeting and being with Maria.”
When Jackie Kennedy found out about her husband Aristotle Onassis’ affair with Maria Callas, she allegedly took her sister’s advice and ignored it. (Getty Images)
“Jackie followed Artemis’s advice,” he said. “Onassis and Maria were twins (flame). They were inseparable.”
according to Biography.comCallas and Onassis met at a party in 1957. It soon turned into a long romance. The relationship was tumultuous, and Onassis eventually began to look the widowed Kennedy in the eye.
Onassis married Kennedy in 1968. Publika.az reports that Kallas found out about her lover’s plans three weeks before the ceremony.
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Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis leave the chapel on their private island after their wedding in 1968. (Getty Images)
Kennedy believed that Onassis’s money and power could protect his family. Her first husband, President John F. Kennedy As a result of the assassination in 1963 His brother-in-law Robert F. Kennedy followed in 1968.
Moutsatsos said he initially wondered why Kennedy chose to turn a blind eye to Onassis’ betrayal. But then she realized that this is nothing new for the mother of two children.
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“Jackie was used to it with her previous husband, the president,” Moutsatsos said. “But she had to have a strong man next to her. Onassis was the perfect man. He could provide security not only for her, but also for her children. And Onassis adored her children, John Jr. and Caroline.”
“I pretended I didn’t hear anything. But Artemis told him, ‘Don’t pay attention, because here in Greece it usually happens.’ Onassis was in love with Jackie, but he was used to meeting and being with Maria.”
Jackie Kennedy believed that Aristotle Onassis could provide safety and protection for her family. (Central Press/Getty Images)
“I remember (on his private island) Skorpios would bring them all kinds of animals and toys to make them happy,” she said. “Of course, Jackie could have everything she wanted too. He was used to giving her lots of surprises.
“I remember she asked me to call a famous jeweler to bring the best things, the most expensive things. We would spend hours looking at these jewelry, trying to find only the best for her.”
“You think a woman doesn’t like it? I’d say so,” he laughed.
The memoir “The Onassis Women: An Eyewitness Account” by Kiki Feroudi Moutsatsos was published in 1998. He is currently in talks with producers to turn it into a film. (Putnam Pub Group)
Although the women never met, Callas harbored feelings for Onassis’ daughter-in-law. Moutsatsos claimed that Callas and Onassis would often fight over Kennedy.
“Maria was jealous,” Moutsatsos said. “She wanted to be with Onassis and always be with him, but it was impossible. They were very similar … But Maria was also a very strong character. She was very proud. Jackie was more like a little girl. warmer. , more feminine”.
Jackie Kennedy’s first husband, President John F. Kennedy, reportedly eloped with Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe. (Corbis via Frank Povolny/Twentieth Century Fox/Sunset Boulevard/Getty Images)
“Maria never liked this relationship with Jackie,” Moutsatsos said. “Whenever he was sitting on the boat (Christina, Onassis’s yacht), he would read newspapers and see pictures of Onassis with Maria. After that, there would be war on the boat.”
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Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis often argued about his wife Jackie Kennedy. (ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Moutsatsos noted that it was easy to see Why Onassis wanted to marry Kennedy.
“I remember the first day I met him,” she said. “She was coming down the stairs of the house. She was like a queen, a princess. But she behaved like a little girl. She was very polite with a soft voice. I remember she was very happy that we started speaking French. Because Onassis’s sister also spoke French.
“Jackie was always shy,” she said. “Whenever she called to talk to her husband, she would always ask me if Mr. Onassis was there. It was never, ‘I want to talk to my husband.'”
Angelina Jolie in Maria Callas, and Haluk Bilginer in the role of Aristotle Onassis. (Netflix)
Kennedy’s marriage to Onassis had other problems with another woman, his daughter-in-law Christina Onassis.
“Christina and (brother) Iskander didn’t like him at all,” Moutsatsos said. “Jackie tried to approach them, but they avoided meeting her, talking to her.
“On the day Jackie and Onassis got married, it rained all day,” Moutsatsos said. “Here in Greece, we believe that if someone gets married and it rains, it’s good luck. But it wasn’t luck.”
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Aristotle Onassis (1906-1975) with Maria Callas (1923-1977). Kiki Feroudi Moutsatsos, Onassis’ longtime personal secretary, described the couple as twin flames who never stopped loving each other. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Onassis never leaves his former flame. Moutsatsos said the couple remained together until his death in 1975.
“When Onassis died, Maria was desperate,” she said. “I remember she called me almost every day because she wanted to know how to handle the whole situation. She didn’t want to see Jackie, she didn’t want to see (Onassis’s) children. They didn’t like any of them. It wasn’t personal for a woman to be with her father.
According to his secretary, Aristotle Onassis refused to give up his longtime love. (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
“I helped him go to Skorpios without anyone knowing,” Moutsatsos said. “He didn’t want to live anymore. He thought his life was useless because, yes, he married Jackie, but he could still be with her. Now she’s gone. They were made for each other.”
Kiki Feroudi Moutsatsos believes that Maria Callas died of a broken heart. (ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
By the time Onassis died, Callas had already withdrawn from public life. Kallas was 53 years old when he suffered a fatal heart attack. Moutsatsos is convinced that the star died of a broken heart.
“There were reports that Maria was on drugs – this is not true,” he said. “The truth is that he was heartbroken.”
Moutsatsos contacted Kennedy, who was living in New York with her two children after Onassis’s death. He died there in 1994 at the age of 64.
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Jackie Kennedy died in 1994. He was 64 years old. (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Moutsatsos today wants to republish his memoirs. He is also in talks with producers to potentially turn the book into a movie. According to him, his goal is to set the record straight.
“That was my family,” he said. “And I just want people to know the truth.”
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