The Most Chilling Moment in ‘Blonde’: Marilyn Monroe’s Encounter with JFK

Warning: The following account contains explicit descriptions of s**ual assault.

In Andrew Dominik's latest Netflix film, “Blonde,” which explores the life of renowned Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe (played by Ana de Armas), historical accuracy takes a backseat.

Instead, the movie weaves together a series of scenes that aim to convey the actress's feelings of loneliness, isolation, and trauma.

One particularly haunting sequence in this surreal symphony of victimization revolves around a meeting between Marilyn and President John F. Kennedy in 1962.

The scene begins with Marilyn passed out from sleeping pills on a plane, awakening only when a stewardess rouses her upon landing in New York.

To her surprise, she is greeted by two Secret Service agents, causing her to collapse at their feet, fearing arrest.

While being chauffeured by the Secret Service agents to an undisclosed location, Marilyn remarks, “It isn't s**ual, between the president and me.

It has very little to do with s**.”

She continues to question her situation as she is dragged through a kitchen, down a hotel corridor, and eventually into a room, asking, “Am I just a piece of meat?

Is this some kind of room service?”

After changing into a white dress and fur coat, Marilyn, still disoriented, is escorted into an elegant bedroom where JFK lies shirtless on a bed, engaged in a phone conversation.

As Marilyn enters, the president greets her with, “Am I glad to see you, baby.

It's been one hell of a day.”

Marilyn, eager to help, asks how she can be of assistance.

What follows is a disturbing encounter.

JFK proceeds to guide Marilyn's hand down his pants, instructing her to pleasure him while they both watch the televised launch of the Friendship 7 rocket.

In an uncomfortable close-up, we witness Marilyn's horrified face as she performs oral s** on the president, enduring his derogatory remarks.

Her voiceover reveals her internal struggle to maintain composure, urging herself not to vomit or cough, and to ultimately swallow when he ejaculates into her mouth.

However, JFK's aggression doesn't end there.

In a sudden, violent motion, he covers Marilyn's mouth with his hand, throws her onto the bed, and forcefully mounts her.

All we hear is Marilyn's scream before the scene fades to black.

The next image shows a bruised and battered Marilyn waking up in bed, experiencing nausea.

Once again, Secret Service agents drag her out of the room and into a bathroom.

The pain she feels while urinating implies that she has been raped.

While there is no concrete evidence of JFK s**ually assaulting Marilyn Monroe, the recent Netflix documentary “The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes,” released in April, includes testimonies from alleged witnesses—friends, biographers, and private investigators—who claim that Marilyn had consensual affairs with both John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy.

Some even suggest that Robert Kennedy may have been present at the time of her death.

However, it is worth noting that JFK has been accused of forcing himself on White House intern Mimi Alford, as detailed in her memoir, “Once Upon a Secret.”

Although she refrained from labeling it as rape, she admitted that resistance was not an option.

The portrayal of this distressing encounter between Marilyn Monroe and JFK in “Blonde” showcases the film's departure from historical accuracy in favor of exploring the actress's emotional turmoil and experiences of victimization.