Lem Billings: The Man Who Knew All of JFK's Darkest Secrets!

Explore the fascinating life of Lem Billings, a lesser-known but incredibly influential figure in American political history, in our comprehensive video, "Lem Billings: The Untold Story of JFK’s Confidant." Lemuel Billings, best known for his lifelong friendship with President John F. Kennedy, was more than just a close companion; he was a behind-the-scenes confidant who played a significant role in Kennedy's personal and political life.
This video delves into the depths of their friendship, starting from their first meeting at prep school, through their years at Harvard, and into the White House. Billings was not just a friend but also a trusted advisor whose influence extended beyond personal matters to impact significant presidential decisions. Despite his closeness to power, Billings remained largely out of the public eye, making his contributions and his impact on JFK seldom discussed in mainstream narratives.
Key highlights of the video include:
Early Friendship: Discover how Billings met JFK and the foundation of their enduring friendship.
Personal Advisor: Explore how Billings influenced Kennedy's views on major issues, providing support during critical moments of his presidency.
Life at the White House: Uncover the unique role Billings played during JFK’s presidency, including his stay in a room just below the Lincoln Bedroom.
Private Life: Delve into Billings' private life and how he navigated his identity and relationships in a much less tolerant era.
Legacy and Memorials: Reflect on Billings' legacy, his contributions to the Kennedy administration, and his life after JFK's assassination.
Perfect for history enthusiasts, students of American politics, and those interested in the personal lives of political figures, this video offers a unique perspective on the friendships that shape leaders and their decisions.
Subscribe, like, and share to learn more about the man who was a confidant to one of America’s most iconic presidents. Watch "Lem Billings: The Untold Story of JFK’s Confidant" and gain a deeper understanding of his role and influence in shaping mid-20th-century American politics.
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  • @user-ug6kk6gx3w
    @user-ug6kk6gx3w26 күн бұрын

    JFK will be loved forever. If this story has any merit, this facet of his life only adds amazement about this incredible and unforgettable man who embraced his life instead of tormenting over it. God bless, JFK

  • @stevejacobs8375

    @stevejacobs8375

    23 күн бұрын

    I have a hard time believing this and I'm 71 years old

  • @davidh9844

    @davidh9844

    5 күн бұрын

    The last US President, rightly or wrongly, we were able to trust. Amazing that he's been gone 61 years now. It still seems like it was only yesterday.

  • @robertsmith-zg7ir
    @robertsmith-zg7irАй бұрын

    Let the man RIP.

  • @mehere337

    @mehere337

    25 күн бұрын

    You mean...he's tossing and turning in his grave?

  • @DH-kl5rx

    @DH-kl5rx

    20 күн бұрын

    @@punkanelliefonkbush8811He was not referring to his body, as all human bodies die and decay. Soul and spirit are quite another matter.

  • @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    20 күн бұрын

    @@DH-kl5rx souls can ONLY rest once they're free of the earthly body. Nothing earthly can touch them, be it praise or hatred.

  • @lee-hr5hs

    @lee-hr5hs

    17 күн бұрын

    Did you know his son (the little boy saluting at his father’s funeral) is still alive. After the death of his father Jacqueline Kennedy, married Aristotle Onassis. And Onassis’s youngest son George. Once President Kennedy was killed. Then they killed Onassis then Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy, leaving George Onassis, and JFK Junior behind with no parents. George was being groomed by organized crime and he took over the JFK Jr. name and organized crime placed a body double of Jacqueline and Caroline Kennedy, and gave George Onassis the JFK Junior name to steal the family’s wealth and name. While the real JFK Jr. was placed with an organized crime family Quigley’s and lived a life of poverty. He wrote a book “STOLEN IDENTITY” by JFK Jr. it’s on Amazon. He looks so much like his father. People can’t believe things like this happen to people but it truly does. He had no parent’s to protect him growing up. He has taken 5 DNA tests but everyone comes back different. These people still don’t want him to get his truth out. What a horrendous life this boy is lead without his parents.

  • @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    17 күн бұрын

    @@lee-hr5hs what a conspiracy NUTCASE!

  • @normanduke8855
    @normanduke8855Ай бұрын

    Wonderful pictures of JFK as a teen.

  • @johnclement9370
    @johnclement937026 күн бұрын

    They were school mates, obviously very close, it was a dedicated friendship over many decades, it says a lot about loyalty, trust, and so many other traits that are admirable and honorable. For two guys to be so close over the years until JFK untimely end, that speaks volumes. An emotional closeness, if it involved intimate sex or affection, who's being harmed by it, it's just nobody's business. 8ve heard thus story several times, and what impresses me is that JFK never turned his back on Lem, and never through him under the bus, or threw him to the wolves, it was just a close bond of friendship that is exemplary for all to follow... RIP Fine Gentlemen of Camelot. :-)

  • @johnclement9370

    @johnclement9370

    26 күн бұрын

    Threw

  • @barbmoreau8595
    @barbmoreau8595Ай бұрын

    I think that it was a great friendship going back many years and they were bosom buddies and kindred spirits. Love exists in a multitude of ways and should not be reduced to sexuality.

  • @carolinejohnson22

    @carolinejohnson22

    Ай бұрын

    Exactly. I've never heard of him before but if he was John Kennedy's best friend since childhood, then that really was a good friend. He looked like a lot of fun, from the photos....😢

  • @ombresetlumieres3137

    @ombresetlumieres3137

    19 күн бұрын

    C'est vrai, l'amour n'est pas forcément lié exclusivement à la sexualité.... Ceci dit, si JFK qui aimait beaucoup les femmes, ce qu'il a d'ailleurs souvent prouvé, ait pu avoir aussi dans sa vie, une attirance physique pour un homme, il n'est surement pas le seul dans ce cas...Beaucoup de "tombeurs" du beau sexe, célèbres et reconnus comme tels, ont fait parfois "quelques exceptions" dans leur choix....Idem pour certaines femmes de grand renom, surnommées pourtant "mangeuses d'hommes", tout particulièrement des Stars de cinéma, qui ont quelquefois opté pour le même sexe....Ce qui n'est d'ailleurs pas nouveau, mais au contraire, vieux comme le monde....

  • @lindagioannazambanini

    @lindagioannazambanini

    17 күн бұрын

    Well said!

  • @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    15 күн бұрын

    @@barbmoreau8595 Bosom? Don't you mean crotch buddies?🤔

  • @richardshiggins704
    @richardshiggins70420 күн бұрын

    A very decent man and loyal friend .

  • @thomasnewman9501
    @thomasnewman950126 күн бұрын

    Work's for me! My mother was so in love with JFK. Nothing could shock me anymore ! In 7th grade. I was the only kid in my block class, that broke down and cried. When it was announced, that the president was dead. My family went into real mourning! We were just getting over the murder of our friend, Mrs. Thompson , by her husband. Just brutal. Our two families, vacationed together. Shared a wonderful cabin. On Forest Lake. Two huge life changing things in our family. How ever JFK got off. I could care less!

  • @user-bu7jl6zy5d
    @user-bu7jl6zy5d24 күн бұрын

    Jackie referred to Billings as "Jack's other wife." Followings JFK's assassination, Billings was lost, and turned to drugs and alcohol. Jackie did not want him near her children, but the widow Ethel allowed Billings to hang out with her sons. The poor man never really recovered from Jack's early death.

  • @travelseatsyellowlab

    @travelseatsyellowlab

    15 күн бұрын

    Ethel Skakel allowed Billings around her children, particularly her sons, namely RFK Jr., who was mentored by Billings. She was overwhelmed by her children and was willing to hand them off to anyone who was willing to take them off her hands.

  • @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    15 күн бұрын

    @@travelseatsyellowlab Children are gay too in case you didn't know it. I was one of them.

  • @LadyCapricorn8

    @LadyCapricorn8

    Күн бұрын

    @@travelseatsyellowlab She had too many to keep track of.

  • @josephrego2527
    @josephrego252724 күн бұрын

    We should focus more on the love and humanity of both men as exemplified by their lives. Both loved humanity, and in their own way worked to achieve a more just and equitable society for ALL. As far as their sexuality is concerned, it's no one's business. Two very distinct and honorable humans.

  • @williamj.dovejr.8613
    @williamj.dovejr.86136 күн бұрын

    Lem did make his feelings about JFK known to him. The story goes that while JFK still wanted him to be his friend, he made it clear that he could not and would not ever consider him or any other man in such a relationship. Lem had a terrible downward spiral after the assassination, becoming a part time drug dealer... sometimes to the younger Kennedy family members.

  • @lindagioannazambanini
    @lindagioannazambanini17 күн бұрын

    Great video! And fun fact....Lem Billings invented "Fizzies" - anyone who grew up in the '60s remembers those fondly: " As Vice President at the Emerson Drug Company in Baltimore, he was responsible for inventing the 1950s fad drink Fizzies by adding a fruit flavor to disguise the sodium citrate taste."

  • @LadyCapricorn8

    @LadyCapricorn8

    Күн бұрын

    OMG, I do remember Fizzies, I loved it as a kid..I had no idea Lemon Billings invented that product, I hope he made some money on them. He seemed like a very sad unhappy man for the most part. I think the Kennedy family sort of adopted him. Perhaps he needed to be part of a big family. I know he took the death of JFK very hard. I have read so many books on tat family. Interesting, but tragic family.

  • @jeffreymartin6369
    @jeffreymartin6369Ай бұрын

    I’m not exactly shocked by this Kennedy was a very sexually motivated person! He was incredibly intelligent man too! I would not be surprised if it was true. ❤

  • @caesarbolchini6465

    @caesarbolchini6465

    26 күн бұрын

    It is, he and his friend would lock Jackie’s door to his bed room and unlock his best friend’s door to his bedroom in the White House and they would have marvelous sex, Kennedy kept coming back for more and more!!!❤🎉😊

  • @thehair1474

    @thehair1474

    25 күн бұрын

    And, JFK did not like women. He only liked sex with them.

  • @pilarmartin5051

    @pilarmartin5051

    21 күн бұрын

    You called intelligence to that animals do not do it but Intelligent men Do

  • @lennon1252
    @lennon125222 күн бұрын

    Kennedy had a lot of affairs with women. And J.Edgar Hoover had recordings of some of them. But Kennedy had recordings of Hoover with men. Google Clyde Tolson.

  • @rjcarter2904
    @rjcarter2904Ай бұрын

    This is the first I've heard of this. I just did some limited research, and the story is fascinating.

  • @branditcoetzee6196
    @branditcoetzee619623 күн бұрын

    Whatever, I like him even more now! What an amazing man, gay, straight, bi, does it matter?

  • @billythomas4804
    @billythomas480422 күн бұрын

    As a gay man, I have many intimate (NOT sex) relationships with straight men. Now that I’m 66 years old, I’ve come to learn many straight men don’t have an emotional outlet. Spouses and buddies of these straight guys come with a set of expectations that does not include a space for emotional expression. Gay men tend to excel in the deep-dive of emotional matters providing a safe haven for our straight male friends. We do pretty good with women too, I say humbly.

  • @lindagioannazambanini

    @lindagioannazambanini

    17 күн бұрын

    Very insightful comment.

  • @billythomas4804

    @billythomas4804

    15 күн бұрын

    @@lindagioannazambanini Thank you for saying this.

  • @neildickson5394
    @neildickson5394Ай бұрын

    Yes, I believe Lem was definitely Gay, and I believe he and JFK would "mess around". That only makes JFK Bi. I heard that Peter Lawford, who was also definitely Bi would crawl into bed with JFK and Marilyn mainly to be able to get next to JFK. When someone around JFK once remarked about Gay men to him, he allegedly said, "Aw leave them alone". In those pre Stonewall days, I think he was sympathetic to Gay men

  • @Jace7310

    @Jace7310

    26 күн бұрын

    Dream on

  • @thehair1474

    @thehair1474

    25 күн бұрын

    JFK was known to screw ANYTHING. I think he was more selective with men, and truly loved Billings.

  • @travelseatsyellowlab

    @travelseatsyellowlab

    15 күн бұрын

    Billings was almost certainly gay, but I highly doubt that Kennedy messed around with him. He turned Billings down.

  • @jasonevans3961

    @jasonevans3961

    11 күн бұрын

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  • @maryshanley329

    @maryshanley329

    Күн бұрын

    @@neildickson5394 I should think that having a gay roommate in prep school could be quite “ interesting.”

  • @Twentythousandlps
    @Twentythousandlps23 күн бұрын

    It can be pleasant to have a friend who worships the ground you walk on, and who isn't sexually jealous.

  • @jorgegustavoortiz7717
    @jorgegustavoortiz771723 күн бұрын

    An old fashion great friendship like few others... Beautiful!

  • @timothyobrien9183
    @timothyobrien918326 күн бұрын

    Billings had courage and good ethics by not getting married.

  • @user-gs2yl8gv4v

    @user-gs2yl8gv4v

    22 күн бұрын

    He was a man of character.

  • @johnambrogi1583
    @johnambrogi158323 күн бұрын

    Mickey Rourke once said " a secret love should stay a secret"

  • @LadyCapricorn8
    @LadyCapricorn8Ай бұрын

    I have heard about this before, it is not new. It has been hinted at for years. It also doesn't matter.

  • @marygrummer9189

    @marygrummer9189

    Ай бұрын

    It was new to me, and you’re right, it doesn’t matter, and truthfully, I could not care less about anything Kennedy related 😊

  • @frankpaya690

    @frankpaya690

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@marygrummer9189then why did you even bother taking the time to comment here after watching the video?

  • @marygrummer9189

    @marygrummer9189

    Ай бұрын

    @@frankpaya690 to irritate jerks like you

  • @marygrummer9189

    @marygrummer9189

    Ай бұрын

    @@frankpaya690 to irritate people like you

  • @tca666

    @tca666

    28 күн бұрын

    It does matter why women keep fooling themselves 😅

  • @garyinpalmsprings
    @garyinpalmsprings22 күн бұрын

    The story of Lem Billings and the close brotherly relationship with JFK is well documented. Lem Billings was a very, very kind and loving friend to all the Kennedy's. Joseph Kennedy and Rose adored this man as they rose above Lem's homosexuality and accepted him as one of their own. JFK and Lem were the best of friends always and JFK knew of Lem's homosexuality right from the start of their friendship and just didn't care. JFK was always an active heterosexual man and NO, despite how liberal the Kennedy's were, nothing sexual was ever between them as far as confirmed by multiple sources. . That said, YES, Lem had a strong sexual attraction to JFK. YES, he was in love with JFK, but that love, while freely expressed to JFK and returned in a platonic fashion did not develop to anything sexual. And also, even Jackie approved and loved Lem for the great friend he was to the family and to her. Sadly, Lem had an alcohol addiction; possibly due in part to his self-imposed homophobia and died at only age 65 despite having a lucrative career with various Kennedy business' and remaining close family relations with the Kennedy's. Really a sad life of self-hate, homophobia, unrequited love, low self-esteem and alcoholism.

  • @Trueone1961
    @Trueone1961Ай бұрын

    Why is it so important to see who was gay ?

  • @justmyopinion9883

    @justmyopinion9883

    Ай бұрын

    I don’t believe JFK was gay. His exploits with females are well documented.

  • @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    24 күн бұрын

    0:01 So that bigots can see that one of the world's most respected presidents had a gay friend whom he loved...as person. This doesn't mean that Kennedy was gay or even bi. ALL of my best friends are STRAIGHT and I get treated in the same fashion as Kennedy is treating this guy in those old pictures (cuz I'm such a clown). And they are NOT attracted to men. PERIOD!Self-hating gays might learn something from this video as well. I think it's all good (whatever the motive is behind showing this). And even if this video does suggest Kennedy was bi, in this day and age, it doesn't cause any loss of respect from most of the people who already respected him. The only negative thing I can say about this video is that it's prying and it's nosey (but most humans are nosey by nature) but I think it' beneficial in several ways. Just my opinion.

  • @billzero7274

    @billzero7274

    24 күн бұрын

    @trueone1961 bc it's history

  • @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    24 күн бұрын

    @@Trueone1961 because it's a part of our gay history as oppressed and despised humans. We the people who create the most wondrous and beautiful art on the planet.

  • @philippe-mj4wv

    @philippe-mj4wv

    23 күн бұрын

    La mort de Marylin

  • @jamesbishop6240
    @jamesbishop6240Ай бұрын

    JFK wasn't gay but undoubtedly knew plenty of them.

  • @lennon1252

    @lennon1252

    Ай бұрын

    Especially the head of the FBI😂

  • @charlieputhstan

    @charlieputhstan

    Ай бұрын

    ​​@@lennon1252 I always say, the FBI stands for FuckBoys of Investigation. 😂😂😂😂

  • @thehair1474

    @thehair1474

    25 күн бұрын

    Wanna bet? Jackie called Billings "John's Other Wife." She did not want JFK Jr to be around Billings as he was gay.

  • @springsummerwinterorfall

    @springsummerwinterorfall

    25 күн бұрын

    How do you know he wasn’t gay?

  • @lennon1252

    @lennon1252

    24 күн бұрын

    @@springsummerwinterorfall Obviously he wasn't gay. But do you mean bisexual?? Doubtful. Did he get his pee pee sucked when he was young by another boy? That didn't make him gay if he did. and who really cares? He dead 60 years. People should leave the Kennedy's alone and leave celebrities alone. It's nobody's business.

  • @tomjones5650
    @tomjones5650Ай бұрын

    Lem introduced Fran Felstein to JFK @ The Pierre Hotel. Sopranos Season 5

  • @davef.2329

    @davef.2329

    26 күн бұрын

    Indeed, LOL...

  • @arias6720
    @arias672020 күн бұрын

    Wt a beautiful friendship 😉❤ story. Looking at the pictures of the two w/ Jackie, it almost looked-felt like she knew about the feelings but didn’t care. A John Travolta moment.

  • @adelmogiusti711
    @adelmogiusti711Ай бұрын

    Please, leave the death man in peace.Find another way to make money.....shame on you!!

  • @Dr.Pepper001

    @Dr.Pepper001

    29 күн бұрын

    What's wrong with telling the world what a POS Kennedy was? He and his brothers ruined lives and thought they could get away with anything. They were corruption personified.

  • @Venomous_471
    @Venomous_47117 күн бұрын

    What happened to todays fashion? I love the fashion back then , everyone dressed up everyday looking they best. 🎉

  • @LadyCapricorn8

    @LadyCapricorn8

    Күн бұрын

    I agree, people in general look terrible these days.

  • @Angie69
    @Angie69Ай бұрын

    I am!? How come this NEVER came up before all the conspiracy theories?

  • @gentillydanny

    @gentillydanny

    Ай бұрын

    Jackie told the chief usher of the White House when informed that Mr. Billings had arrived, "Oh, Mr. West (chief usher), Lem has been a house guest in every home we've had!" It was pretty much an open secret. This is from "Upstairs At The White House" by J.B. West, which covered his time in service at the White House from 1940 to 1969. A very interesting book.

  • @travelseatsyellowlab

    @travelseatsyellowlab

    15 күн бұрын

    ​still, this doesn't prove that anything was going on between Billings and Kennedy, other than them being good friends.

  • @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    15 күн бұрын

    @@travelseatsyellowlab it doesn't prove sheet. If it did, I don't think Jackie would have DARED open her mouth to reveal such a secret.

  • @alank5560
    @alank5560Ай бұрын

    With his history with women……ha!

  • @myronhelton4441

    @myronhelton4441

    Ай бұрын

    His bodyguard said JFK was so ill that he couldnt do. That the news made his women up to make him famous, but the news ruined Clinton.

  • @thomastoler2397

    @thomastoler2397

    Ай бұрын

    A naive statement. The women may have been a carefully constructed image, constructed by the power behind the rise of JFK, his father. It is also true that men with ravenous sexual appetites get sex whenever, and with whomever they can get it from. C’mon, his own bedroom on the 3rd floor of the White House?

  • @thomasb.smithjr.8401
    @thomasb.smithjr.8401Ай бұрын

    Gore Vidal, in one of his many memoirs on the late '40's early '50's, related how a male friend of his was picked up in Times Square by Billings for a tryst. It lead him to wonder about the nature of Lem's relationship with young Jack. I suppose male friendships, begun in boarding school way back in the day, especially when they were all single sex bastions, were indeed intimate in certain ways, and life long, without necessarily being gay or queer, even. I suspect that's what JFK and Billings had. 🤔

  • @yeslsaidthat
    @yeslsaidthat24 күн бұрын

    Love between men is a very common thing it's been going on since the beginning of time. it's only evangelicals and Republicans that think it's something horrible. And they would be wrong. it's more common than most people think.

  • @Arkomu

    @Arkomu

    22 күн бұрын

    Black and white thinking. Lots of Republican’s have nothing against homosexuality.

  • @johantrenier1685

    @johantrenier1685

    22 күн бұрын

    Sodomy is the issue. Not 2 men loving each other.

  • @travelseatsyellowlab

    @travelseatsyellowlab

    15 күн бұрын

    ​@@Arkomugiven how many Republican politicians have been caught in homosexual affairs, you're right.

  • @susantocp
    @susantocp20 күн бұрын

    Maybe JFK is hetero flexible. Either way, this is a beautiful story about friendship.

  • @Pearlruby718
    @Pearlruby71819 күн бұрын

    Platonic means intimate and affectionate but not sexual. You said JFK accepted Lems feelings "Platonicly". So get your story straight. They can have any kind of sexual contact and be Platonic at the same time 🤦🏼‍♀️

  • @smacwhinnie
    @smacwhinnieАй бұрын

    I read he latched on to RFK Jr after the assasinations

  • @martinjenkins6467

    @martinjenkins6467

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah he went a bit crazy doing drug use With. The older boys went off the rails and Had a hard time after RFK. It was sad Ethel Was cold and resentful to the older boys. Probably the pain of remembering their Father . A large family to look after by herself, Ethel had a harder job than Jackie.

  • @maryshanley329

    @maryshanley329

    Күн бұрын

    @@martinjenkins6467 Robert Kennedy’s boy were a wild bunch. They experimented with quite a few different things, including drugs. They had deaths too.

  • @DJ_G-Rod
    @DJ_G-Rod16 күн бұрын

    8:22 That picture alone is worth a thousand words. Hands intertwined and all.

  • @katereznikov8792
    @katereznikov8792Ай бұрын

    Let him rest in peace

  • @ronaldodiaz9880
    @ronaldodiaz988021 күн бұрын

    JFK good looking guy

  • @lindickison3055
    @lindickison3055Ай бұрын

    Who even cares? Doesnt matter any more, anyway. Spend time on more important things.

  • @chemokiki

    @chemokiki

    24 күн бұрын

    EXACTLY !

  • @pilarmartin5051

    @pilarmartin5051

    21 күн бұрын

    History matters or everything is a lie like Hell

  • @michaelparker2225
    @michaelparker222524 күн бұрын

    As a gayman I find this intrusion of privacy and trust absolutely shameful! Why would anyone do this ?

  • @sandygreenfield5542
    @sandygreenfield5542Ай бұрын

    Let the man rest in piece

  • @mehere337

    @mehere337

    25 күн бұрын

    You mean he's not resting well?

  • @dimasgomesnovo2316
    @dimasgomesnovo231625 күн бұрын

    The roles of others are not our buziness

  • @arthurm.358
    @arthurm.35824 күн бұрын

    Makes me appreciate him more than I already do ❤️💯

  • @kdtennis1
    @kdtennis120 күн бұрын

    Lots of wealthier/ boarding school attendees ( JFK) have male friends that love them,besides their wives! Lem, would stay with JFK and Jacqueline knew he had a boy crush on her husband! In wealthier circles, these type of relationships are not rare! Jacqueline knew Lem, loved her husband in boy love sort of way!

  • @maryshanley329

    @maryshanley329

    Күн бұрын

    @@kdtennis1 Many of famous British men who went to male prep schools experimented with their sexuality. Certainly, many were coerced.

  • @THEJET52
    @THEJET5217 күн бұрын

    I doubt it: he was a man who was secure in his manhood- like many guys then- and who could hug, fun around with his guy friends in an innocent way, without sexual thoughts.

  • @Tim_ra
    @Tim_ra9 күн бұрын

    People from the upper classes in the UK and the United States have never made a big deal of a friend being homosexual. I don't think there was anything going on between them. I think it was simply one of his best friends. Your sexuality doesn't define you completely as a person. Can a straight person not have gay friends?

  • @nicholasmuni7995
    @nicholasmuni799515 күн бұрын

    I think JFK was flattered that men desired him as well as women!

  • @hilltop521
    @hilltop52128 күн бұрын

    We are at the age if one even looked a a woman one could be guilty of harassment ?

  • @marthamunion1500
    @marthamunion150027 күн бұрын

    Is this something that we needed to know!

  • @danielkinney6325
    @danielkinney632516 күн бұрын

    The things secret service agents knew and saw. Can you imagine if they had cell phones back then

  • @_JOCKXD
    @_JOCKXDАй бұрын

    As a young gay man, this is the first I've heard this theory and therefore it is new to me. I had no idea, but feel these- if these are facts- that they are important especially as today's politicians are so OLD, corrupt, and full of hate. I wonder WHY someone like JFK, who was loved by so many Americans, would be a target of such a despicable murder (AND SUBSEQUENT COVER UP)... Just imagine the positive change such a great man could have implemented.

  • @kevinlarkin2696

    @kevinlarkin2696

    25 күн бұрын

    LBJ BIG OIL THE Mob Cuba cia

  • @_JOCKXD

    @_JOCKXD

    25 күн бұрын

    No doubt….

  • @playfulpatyy57

    @playfulpatyy57

    20 күн бұрын

    Not positive. It is wrong

  • @rudiknaus4139
    @rudiknaus413925 күн бұрын

    Why shocking? 🙈

  • @henschthedane7902
    @henschthedane790222 күн бұрын

    Why is this so interesting??

  • @sdhscrosscountry
    @sdhscrosscountry6 күн бұрын

    Billings was a friend of the whole Kennedy family so much that teddy thought when he was little,that he was another brother. The emotional support President Kennedy got was from Jackie Kennedy if you would listen to her oral history.

  • @stevenharris5182
    @stevenharris5182Ай бұрын

    I have often wondered they were close maybe bisexual Jack had no boundaries when it came to sex

  • @brettedgar6733
    @brettedgar673321 күн бұрын

    GIVE IT A REST!

  • @frederickcombs8661
    @frederickcombs8661Ай бұрын

    Hogwash. However, men like Kennedy need devoted men like this, homosexual or not.

  • @nestoreliogarcia3128
    @nestoreliogarcia312821 күн бұрын

    Los internados para jóvenes del.mismo sexo son propicios para las relaciones homosexuales.

  • @LReno-di9cm
    @LReno-di9cmАй бұрын

    Oh please. JFK was not gay

  • @Dr.Pepper001

    @Dr.Pepper001

    29 күн бұрын

    Correct. He was bisexual.

  • @petemavus2948

    @petemavus2948

    24 күн бұрын

    He was human not a label.

  • @user-ip2fb6er7z
    @user-ip2fb6er7zАй бұрын

    Some people's evil does not only affect the living, but even the dead. What a terrifying world

  • @Mcfreddo

    @Mcfreddo

    29 күн бұрын

    Toward whom are you referring to?

  • @petemavus2948

    @petemavus2948

    24 күн бұрын

    Osama Bin Laden ?

  • @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    24 күн бұрын

    @@user-ip2fb6er7z 😱 omg! A TERRORIST! 😱

  • @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    @punkanelliefonkbush8811

    24 күн бұрын

    @@user-ip2fb6er7z are you a terrrrrrorist?

  • @user-gs2yl8gv4v
    @user-gs2yl8gv4v22 күн бұрын

    Funny, how these secrets are all shed after the person is long dead and unable to defend themselves.

  • @stationarywanderer7910
    @stationarywanderer791022 күн бұрын

    This wasn't platonic, clearly. A shame he had to be closeted. But with that father, what else could he do?

  • @LadyCapricorn8
    @LadyCapricorn8Күн бұрын

    Maybe Lem acted a bit motherly to JFK, as his own mother did not show affection to him, even when he was sick. He was not a well man ever..sickly as a child and as an adult. often, he missed school because of illness. Lem was there to give him attention while he was sick.

  • @jpw311
    @jpw311Ай бұрын

    he was gay not lgpdq stop using the letters

  • @jpw311

    @jpw311

    Ай бұрын

    I thank gay men need have their own group,,, gay pride ,,not all the woke crap

  • @kllwc7772

    @kllwc7772

    25 күн бұрын

    ​@@jpw311Can you even define " woke"?.😂

  • @rickypilcher3618

    @rickypilcher3618

    25 күн бұрын

    ​@@kllwc7772- The 72 genders contingent.

  • @kllwc7772

    @kllwc7772

    25 күн бұрын

    @@rickypilcher3618 Being ignorant AF doesn’t strengthen your argument or infantile mindset.I’m guessing your alpha male idols are Andrew Taint / Trump/ and that you live in echo chambers that the Proud boys / QAnon / Oath Keepers/ Info wars create .The world doesn’t just consist of white / straight males with power mad issues 😌

  • @kllwc7772

    @kllwc7772

    25 күн бұрын

    @@rickypilcher3618 You were probably at that FAR RIGHT March recently in Nashville 😌😬🙂🙂‍↕️

  • @jeffreyjacobs390
    @jeffreyjacobs39029 күн бұрын

    May be what salacious innuendo you proffer herein .... but, If Not True .... you breach any ethical standard one would demand

  • @wongsiawee8373
    @wongsiawee837320 күн бұрын

    Allegedly he was also with marlon brando james dean and rock hudson...thats his life...

  • @JudgeJulieLit

    @JudgeJulieLit

    10 күн бұрын

    Lem Billings, or JFK?

  • @ednareiman4554
    @ednareiman4554Ай бұрын

    I am NOT one bit surprised 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @richardlangcay9903
    @richardlangcay990326 күн бұрын

    A GOOD RESPECTABLE MAN. IT IS MORE OF A PLATONIC RELATIONSHIP , AN IMPORTANT ACCEPTED MEMBER OF THE KENNEDY FAMILY.

  • @jrd3523
    @jrd352323 күн бұрын

    There's no such thing as being gay/straight or whatever. It's called sexual activities. Why do people need to label these activities? Some do it with a same-sex partner, others with an opposite-sex partner, and/or others with both genders. It's just a sexual activity.

  • @danielkinney6325
    @danielkinney632516 күн бұрын

    Ok. I just watched a documentary that shows the Zapruder Film being the only person filming with not any of the NBC CBS ABC or any news media covering that day he was shot I wonder now if Kennedy wanted out of his office they speculate it was because of back pain but now I wonder if this isn’t the reason ? Once you watch the documentary of how the ZEPRUDER FILM was edited and 1000’s of people at the airports and other cities except the street where he was shot is suspicious on a handful of 100 people were on that street and why not news media they would be everywhere except for the day and time and the city in which Kennedy was killed ??? I now believe Zapruder was out there on purpose the police officer that was said to be murdered also looked just like JFK.

  • @miguelaviles6051
    @miguelaviles60514 күн бұрын

    if it so, why is it a DARK secret. you should rename it as a cheap gossip, even if its true.

  • @Agapy8888
    @Agapy8888Ай бұрын

    Not a bad thing being gay. Move on

  • @DaBigDaddyG
    @DaBigDaddyG18 күн бұрын

    💙☮💙

  • @chemokiki
    @chemokiki24 күн бұрын

    None of your business. Why stigmatize the dead? Be brave and go after someone who can speak back! I could go on ... That family has had enough grief w/o you! Yo bot! Whoever wrote this needs to GET A LIFE!

  • @sl2861
    @sl286123 күн бұрын

    Why is this a “dark” secret?

  • @chrismcpherson1586
    @chrismcpherson158626 күн бұрын

    There are 3 naked pictures of JFK.

  • @wonderwinder1
    @wonderwinder123 күн бұрын

    Boarding school was always gay-ish.

  • @zdefry
    @zdefry24 күн бұрын

    It doesn't matter if he's gay or not, that his personal business. It's nothing do with his presidency job.

  • @samuel56551
    @samuel5655120 күн бұрын

    Wasn't really that scandalous or shocking , despite repeated assertions to the contrary .

  • @PoetGorman
    @PoetGorman25 күн бұрын

    Being gay is scandelous, shocking, and dark?! Join the century, guys!

  • @nyg1984
    @nyg198426 күн бұрын

    It’s only gay when you start playing house.

  • @wilsixone
    @wilsixone4 күн бұрын

    Everybody is always looking to make somebody gay. Who cares? Who's business is it what somebody does behind closed doors?

  • @HelloHello-pg6ik
    @HelloHello-pg6ik24 күн бұрын

    It seems they were true Friends. The man is dead let him rest and who really cares. Everyone has skeletons in the closet. Let dead dogs lay.

  • @kindnessfirst9670
    @kindnessfirst9670Ай бұрын

    LOL !!!

  • @terrycoleman9920
    @terrycoleman99209 күн бұрын

    Jack was the ultimate narcissist. He had a distant and out of touch mother and an adoring but demanding father. Lem fulfilled a great emotional need in his life. Lem worshipped him. Perhaps Lem pleasured JFK orally, but Jack was decidedly heterosexual. He spent most of his waking hours figuring out how to get laid.

  • @joselioalves341
    @joselioalves3413 күн бұрын

    For sure they had a great love for each other, but any profound sexual bound was only in Lem's mind, once that was what he always wanted as a dream to come true. but I said. only a dream!

  • @sarasalguero5694
    @sarasalguero569418 күн бұрын

    Hahaha and hahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @lorabor8967
    @lorabor896729 күн бұрын

    Well, nexwex backup channel Monroe Was m2f

  • @danielkinney6325
    @danielkinney632516 күн бұрын

    I would fall in love with Bobby Kennedy. Not JFK

  • @rudiknaus4139
    @rudiknaus413925 күн бұрын

    Pete Buttigieg for President! 🇺🇸

  • @JahJah9670

    @JahJah9670

    25 күн бұрын

    Amen to that!!!!!!!!

  • @arturoroca7941
    @arturoroca794123 күн бұрын

    Mundo sexualizado y personas con mentalidad sucia, que ven cosas donde no hay. Lo que la gente hace con sus cuerpos son asuntos de ellos y nadie debería de opinar. Cuando un hombre tiene un amigo especial por qué comparten espíritus iguales, ya son gay y lo mismo pasa con mujeres. Que relevancia tiene en estos tiempos.

  • @patricialk4996
    @patricialk499624 күн бұрын

    Who cares? He's gone now. Let it rest!

  • @freddenker9537
    @freddenker953726 күн бұрын

    15% of all people belong to the LGBTQ+ family...so what... I respect love, everything else is unimportant

  • @chrysrobert5026
    @chrysrobert502626 күн бұрын

    Disgusting.

  • @GuyWets-zy5yt
    @GuyWets-zy5yt23 күн бұрын

    So! Then? What is the interest to know private life of pple. Sounds pervert!

  • @jomish8719
    @jomish871925 күн бұрын

    LEM MAYBE WAS GAY & JFK DID NOT KNOW IT OR BRUSHED IT OFF! THEIR FRIENDSHIP WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO JFK!!

  • @CORRADOCAMERONI
    @CORRADOCAMERONI22 күн бұрын

    Love is gay 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 W Gay Wedding 💞 I am Italian and I am gay...My fantastic husband is a US Marine 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🪖♂️❤👍✨🌞✌️🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🦋🦅🐉

  • @SheilaMarietty-pq9dg
    @SheilaMarietty-pq9dg5 күн бұрын

    As soon as you get along ,same sex marriage.

  • @anthonyguinto3749
    @anthonyguinto374920 күн бұрын

    WHY WHY WHY who CARES!!