Real Housewives of New York personality Carole Radziwill recently opened up to Page Six about her relationship with a younger man. 52-year-old Carole met 29-year-old chef Adam Kenworthy though fellow RHONY-er Luann de Lesseps. The two have been dating for about a year and a half. Carole implied that some “me time” was imperative to the success of their pairing.
I find that when Adam [Kenworthy] and I spend a lot of time together, but when we don’t see each other for a weekend or one or two days, and then we see each other again, it kind of rekindles that original feeling we had when we first met. I don’t mean that in a bad way, I think it’s important to have separate but equal lives.
I think that’s pretty much true for all couples, right? I don’t think Carole is treading on any innovative new ground here, but I guess it’s helpful advice for anyone who could be potentially smothering their partner with attention.
Full confession: I’ve never been able to make it through any episode of any Real Housewife show ever. That being said, I’m kind of curious as to what motivated Carole to take part in RHONY in the first place. A recent profile of her on The Daily Beast called her the “Thinking Man’s Housewife,” which is an apt description, as she was an Emmy award-winning journalist for 15 years. She was married to Anthony Radziwill, who was Jacqueline Kennedy’s nephew and Prince Stanislaw of Poland’s son. After Carole’s BFFs Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr., died in a tragic plane crash, she channeled her pain from the loss into her 2005 memoir, What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love, which was a New York Times best-seller.
If that’s not enough, Carole’s “little black book” (if she has one) would also store the numbers of George Clooney and Ralph Fiennes, whom she also dated. So, the burning question remains, why in the ever-loving hell did this journalist ever end up mixed up with the Real Housewives franchise? As I’m not overly familiar with the other housewives, this may be a moot question, but one I am still curious about.
Also, this story hits a little close to home for me, as I dated a guy who was almost 20 years younger than me for a while and have seen first hand that age is truly just a number. My ex loved the music I grew up on and we actually had a lot in common – I guess you could chalk it up to his maturity and my Peter Pan complex. Of course, I went into the relationship knowing it wasn’t going to be a permanent thing. Let them have their fun, I say.
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