Historians have speculated for decades that John F. Kennedy carried on an affair with Marilyn Monroe while he was president, and now a new book alleges that Jacqueline Kennedy was not only aware of the relationship but, in one phone call with Monroe, actually gave the Hollywood icon her snarky blessing to inherit the difficulties of First Lady. “Can’t you just see me,” she asked Carmen, “as first lady?” 
 
 Peter Lawford claimed that Monroe called the White House and told Jackie of the affair, of Jack’s alleged promises to her. Of all of J.F.K.’s alleged love interests, Monroe bothered Mrs. Kennedy the most, Andersen claims, because “Marilyn was a loose cannon who could go public at any time, causing a scandal that would obliterate her husband’s reputation, destroy her marriage and hold her up to public ridicule.” 
 
 
 
 According to Andersen, the two reportedly went head to head in a phone call initiated by Monroe, who believed that the president would make her his second wife. “And you’ll move into the White House and you’ll assume the responsibilities of first lady, and I’ll move out and you’ll have all the problems.” 
 
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 Max Jacobson, known as Dr. Feelgood, administered high-dosage amphetamine shots laced with steroids to the president on a regular basis.
– It's not exactly a revelation these days that JFK had an affair with Marilyn Monroe while president, but a new book is making headlines for adding a new wrinkle. The book, by journalist Christopher Andersen, says Monroe actually called Jackie Kennedy and told her that JFK planned to marry her, reports AFP. To which Jackie is said to have replied, "And you'll move into the White House and you'll assume the responsibilities of first lady, and I'll move out and you'll have all the problems," according to These Precious Few Days: The Final Year of Jack with Jackie. "Point: Jackie," writes Julie Miller at Vanity Fair, who likes the snark factor. Still, Andersen's book makes the case that while Jackie knew all about her husband's dalliances, it was only his affair with Monroe that worried her because she knew how huge the scandal would be if it became public. And Monroe seemed pretty sure she would be living in the White House someday, notes the Daily News summary of the book. “Can’t you just see me as first lady?” she is quoted as asking friend Jeanne Carmen. (In other Marilyn news, rare photos taken just six weeks before her death have entered the spotlight; click for that story.)