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Madonna Names John F. Kennedy Jr. Her Best Lover in Grindr Promo Clip

The comment, captured in a Grindr-produced video, underscores Madonna’s turn to provocative, nontraditional promotion for her July 3 album Confessions II.

Overview

  • The video clip obtained and published by Page Six shows Madonna whispering “John Kennedy Jr.” when asked to name her best sexual partner among those who are deceased.
  • The filmed conversation was produced with hookup app Grindr and featured panelists including designer Raul Lopez, Jeremy O. Harris and Bob The Drag Queen, and the full clip is reported to be shown on Grindr’s in‑app hub and its social channels.
  • Reporters tied Madonna’s remark to a brief late‑1980s fling with JFK Jr. documented in the 2024 oral biography JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography, and to the fact that JFK Jr. died in a 1999 plane crash.
  • Page Six later published anonymous comments from a source close to Kennedy saying the encounter occurred and was “a fun adventure,” and no public response from Kennedy family representatives has been reported.
  • Coverage frames the moment as both a promotional tactic for Confessions II and a revival of public fascination with celebrity memory, which could extend media attention around Madonna’s album and Kennedy’s legacy in the weeks ahead.