Here’s How Jackie Kennedy’s Relatives F.ell From Grace And Went From Riches To A Life Of H.andouts 

"They" did not live life on their own terms, they lived life on Big Edie's terms. Poor daughter was an emotional prisoner and gave up her own life for her mother's.

The worse thing is when the parent tells u that nobody held u back, u had all the freedom to leave even though they emotionally blackmail u and create social phobia inside u that u can't leave.

Little Edie is one of my Idols. I don't think she was crazy like some people say. I think she was unique, refreshing, intelligent and fascinating. A star in her own right, and was not appreciated enough. R.I.P Little Edie.

I wonder how much little Eddy could had done in her life had she not been shackled to her mother. She appeared to be very talented.

The mother criticizes every dream lil Edie ever had..I think Big Edie never got over her dream!!! Lil Edie paid the price.🏚🌹🌹

This sounds more like a brief bio of Jackie with a little about the Beales thrown in

Shame on the people who did not compensate the two Edies for the documentary. it would have been the right thing to do and they obviously needed it.

little edie was stunningly beautiful when she was young. she was a knockout.

I remember watching the documentary years ago, and I was absolutely shocked to see how these two were living. It was so bizarre. I am glad that Little Edie was able to go to Florida and live. I hope she found happiness.

Basically I think in the US most people cast away their elderly family members. And it's often one family member has to deal with them in their elderly years. I was the only sibling that helped my mom for two decades. I have 5 siblings that followed their 'dreams' and didn't bother to help our mom or dad. There's something wrong with the dynamics here of family and pooling everyone's ideas and support for helping out elderly. It's not that way in every case but it's amazing how many people I have encountered that they too are the only ones helping their parents

You would think with all the wealth Jackie-O amassed she would've helped her aunt and cousin out a little....

RIP, Edie's! No one will ever really know what really laid heavy in your heart and soul. I hope you fullfilled your dreams in the hereafter💙🙏😇

What a horrible mother not letting her daughter marry. She could have married a wealthy man that could have helped them

Too much about JFK and Jackie

So sad little Edie never stood up for herself

I saw the documentary and the HBO remake some time ago and it was definitely eye opening and interesting to see their living conditions. Bless their souls.

OK - WHY does this author (Vlog ??) keep showing LITTLE Edie when speaking of BIG Edie??

Is the narrator a text-to-speech bot? The video sounds so weird.

3:01 for Edie Beale. Pictures at 3:40 + are of Little Edie after her mother died, NOT Big Edie. Didn’t explain that Little Edie had a nervous condition that caused her hair to fall out. That’s why she always fashioned those head scarves. First read about her in the New York magazine e in the 1970. Her personality and verve came through. It was amazing that she survived that life with mum

You can be eccentric and not be dirty.

This is what happens to most narcissist who sabotaged lives of others and themselves in the process, all pay a hefty price in the end. People forget that we have a limited lifespan in which you have to make good decisions.

Jackie married a Greek shipping billionaire and couldn't help these two relatives? A very strange bunch the Kennedy family.

Look, there used to be no information out about the Edie’s and now there’s a ton now that they have become huge cult favorites. I understand peoples visceral reaction to how they lived during that time, but honestly, anastasia46 ‘s description and posts here line up most with the facts as I have heard and read about them. I met and talked at length with David Lewis, Edie’s accompanist at her short-lived nightclub act at Reno Sweenie’s in NYC and after big Edie died she stayed at Grey Gardens and at Lois’ for a short while out there and then moved to New York, she stayed close with her niece, who she visited in California in the 90’s, she was in Montreal for a time and then lived most of the rest of her life in a comparatively normal retirement in Bal Harbour, Florida. She kept up several very active correspondences with friends and fans in the days before and after the invention of email ( I met one of those guys also who answered my questions about her and what she was like) ...in her later years she basically lived a life that no one would have noticed had she not been the subject of the amazing documentary. By the way, the Town of East Hampton refused to pick up their trash even after they got paid. It wasn’t until the press came swooping in did anyone give a damn, I agree with Anastasia46, her sons followed their father’s lead...Big Edie would not do what her husband demanded and leave Grey Gardens, her sons would not help with money beyond a court ordered $200 dollar a month stipend that never changed through the years and even by early seventies standards that was hardly any money if you include everything ( Brooks the gardener did not work for free)...Jerry did some light house work as a kid but then he went to Saudi Arabia for some job and then moved to NYC and became a cab driver. He was at the preview of the B’way show when I was there, when it was still Off- Broadway. He seemed like a nice guy. Lee Radziwill wanted the Maysles to make a movie about her and her sister’s early life growing up...this idea went out the window when the Maysles met the Beales. They came back a year after first meeting them after asking Lee if it was all right if they made a documentary about her cousin and aunt, ( Lee used to say they stole her movie, but I think she was saying it with love, she was loaded, just like Jackie, they both married and dated wealthy and powerful men). So, I know it says Jackie and Lee donated money to fix up the house on Wikipedia, but I am sorry if that sound a bit like the saying “a portion of the proceeds will go to..., I have heard ( and don’t gang up, this is what people who knew Edie said) that it was largely the immense fortune of Ari Onassis ( who evidently really liked the Beales) helped the Beales from getting kicked out, Lee did really help, I feel Jackie was embarrassed, as I think she should have been for not helping sooner, before her first cousins were living in filth and they almost got evicted and the press swooped down on them. The publicity and family shame finally got the house cleaned up for them, they had no money. it was more Ari’s direction than Jackie’s, and again, evidently, according to the folks I asked. I have no explanation as to why that would be. The sons lived in Long Island and should have helped their mother. Edie is the only one who actually moved in with her and look how that went. None of us, even fans who have tried to figure out exactly how a lovely farm house at the end of Long Island that was quite beautiful in the 30’s got so run down, it happens year by year, decade by decade, it is happening in homes right now across America to not famous people who don’t have money to pay for their bills or medical expenses, they fell through the cracks. The cats didn’t show up to the house till the 50’s and that happened litter after litter starting with just two cats that little Edie was finally allowed to have as pets after years of Big Edie saying “No Cats!” According to Sally Quinn and Ben Bradlee, when it rains it still smells like old cat pee in the house. One of the most shameful things that happened when the town came in and initially “cleaned” is they just pulled in the water hoses and blasted each room down, ruining what antiques that had not already been ruined by the animals and rain and rot, smashing and breaking things as they went from room to room. Sally Quinn had some of the only remaining pieces that were in the house when they bought it refurbished and it was the Bradlee-Quinn’s who were able to funnel piles of cash into Grey Gardens and return it to its original shine. Edie has a good relationship with them too. Honestly, it seems the people Edie did not get along with were the constant stream of shameless trespassers onto the property and the messed up East Hampton Town council folk who just tortured them in the late sixties and early seventies with threat after threat. For the people who think Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was so different from her cousin and aunt, listen to her talk in old videos, especially her famous televised White House tour where she enthusiastically and breathlessly describes the furnishings and art in the White House, she sounds exactly like Little Edie describing Grey Gardens. So folks, I ask you to listen to anastasia46 ‘s posts, she seems to know her facts quite well, and everyone, settle down, emotions run hot when it comes to these infamous women. If anyone knows some telling of this story that is more accurate I would love to hear it as I personally never tire from getting the real story of how this all came to pass. Just know, Little Edie had years of happy days long after the documentary was made. She, like her mother, she ended up finally having her “cake, chewed it and masticated it”.

Idk their story, but from the quick video the mother seems to have a very strong self-entitlement and lack of empathy, even for her own daughter... typical rich kids

When the robot voice said “thank you for watching video !” I felt that

I have only recently discovered the two Edie's and the Grey Gardens documentary. So fascinating at so many levels. But they do seem oblivious to their surroundings to an extent - and what struck me was that their education and upbringing was not conducive to housework; cooking; home repairs or working at a relatively 'normal' job. They were raised to be debutants. Their education and training reflected this. They have so little understanding of food preparation and hygiene (the pate! The hors d'oeuvres!) But there are so many wonderful moments in this documentary too. Big Edie's breaking into song; Little Edie's dancing. Their trying to be good hosts. The good crockery. Their upper class manners completely unaffected by the squalor. Their at times volatile yet co-dependent relationship. It is both joyful and sad.

Many times you're talking about big Eedie and showing pics of little Eedie.

I believe Little Edie only stayed because she felt sorry for her mother which in turn led her to a sad & sorry life .

We love you Little Edie!! I can't believe I lived in the same area in South Florida and never got the chance to meet Little Edie, heartbreaking.

Big edie shudnt have had kids. My dad is the same. He sabotaged everything that I did. Just so that I cud b a prisoner in his home. Children are emotionally blackmailed and they are crippled to a point that they are required to take care of their parents.

big eddy was very selfish to abuse her daughter in this way. Her husband should have been made to give money to live on. Her father was a social snob and did not care about her future or the wellbeing of his dau8ghter. Edie's sons were the same. Some kind of crazy family. A greedy bunch of people. Jackie had the funds to correct the situation but chose not to. Thrown out the family for what she wore to a wedding, what a bunch of nobodys

I found this very interesting thank you for sharing 👍

The picture at 3:53 is not of Big Edie. That is little Edie performing a night club act after big Edie had passed away.

I HATE it when the audio is at the perfect volume and the end just blasts as loud as possible!

The saddest part is that Little Edie sold the home for $220K and the owner sold it for $5.5 million, even though it would need 'fixing up'. At least Jackie and Lee helped out a bit, although w. Onassis wealth Jackie was certainly able to do so.

We still love them so damn much! Especially Little Edie!

The doc about them is great. So real.

I’m sorry....but Jackie is the strangest looking woman I’ve ever seen....

YES I love the two Edies and I’ve watched grey gardens several times the movie is also great Drew Barrymore is exceptional in it. Thanks for this video 😊

Watch Grey Gardens with Drew Barrymore. Great film adaptation of the Beale's life

Little Edie was supermodel beautiful.....

Yes I agree going by the photographs of Little Edie she was more beautiful than her cousin Jacqueline Kennedy....

They were not crazy, they were unique.

Love Big Edie and Little Edie💜.

This is sad. And why keep showing photos of Little Edie while referring to Big Edie? Irritating!!.,

"GYM-bels" department store? HAHA!

Big and little Edie were really beautiful as young women.

It’s the best costume for the day

The higher you fly, the harder the fall.......

I will read Jerry Torre's book. It's hard to tell how they really were because they both were very aware and sometimes performing for the cameras. I think Jerry's statement would be accurate.

I adore Lil Edie

I think getting their home fixed up and being able to keep it was enough payment for not getting anything for the film. As far as the selling of the home she was definitely low balled. Its a understatement to say she was taken advantage of. She received only 200 grand where it was resold for 15 MILLION.

Documentary of the unused footage is now available, called “That Summer”

I have wondered who paid the tax on that property. In most cases (all?) if you don't pay your tax, the property goes up for auction.

Little Edie was a real character with a unique elegance of her own and a nice lady from what I have seen in the Maylses documentary.

2:56 is when the vid about the relatives begins...no need for the first part, really...but thanks for posting!

You could watch this....or...you could just watch Grey Gardens....both the documentary *AND* (especially) the musical. (Though I will warn you...the musical will make you cry incredibly and the documentary will just leave you depressed.....both achieve the same aims as this video just with more dramatic impact.) However, this is far more depressing.

"They refused to live a life that was a lie." I don't know what that means. These were eccentric people who simply didn't take care of themselves.

Jackie O had enough money to help her auntie. Stingy to let them live like that in cat poop n filth.

The main fact is little Edie was a great daughter. Sure she could have left her mother alone but she didn’t because her mother would have died a lot sooner and alone. They needed each other.

Wow, were they so spoiled that they didn't know how to clean up after themselves and cook and grocery shop? It's common with regular people too especially sons who's moms clean up after them their entire life eventually the person lacks basic life skills

Great casting when they made Grey Gardens!

You left out the part where Teddy killed Mary Jo Kopechne while driving drunk, fleeing scene.

They didn’t “fall from grace”. That implies that they fell away from god, if you believe in that. Lucifer/Satan fell from grace. They fell on hard times.

These two were losers with a capital L. What they did to that house is unforgiveable. I'm SO glad someone saved it!

big eddie was a narcissistic mother and made her daughter emotional blackmail make her stay with her .. its abuse..

Jackie did nothing to help them!? Wow! Says a lot about her character smh 😖😖

Tbe bot narrating said ' Jimbels instead of Gimbels🤣

Wow very interesting... I loved the movie and documentary grey gardens

Can’t tell if the narrator is the normal speaking robot or a person who just annunciates a little bit too much

I watched this movie, it was strange, but enticing.

Jackie could have helped so much more. She obviously went there as a child in the summers. I think the Edies were so used to servants they never really thought of knew how to clean and those eccentricities were mental health issues. And little Edie really seemed to be afraid of her father She was absolutely a stunning woman

There's alot of inaccuracy in the beginning of this video.

Wow, I actually never knew that Jackie and JFK had a baby who died at only 2 days old, so sad.

0:26 I say her name now the same way the Beales and her family would “JACK-leen”. Thanks Grey Gardens lol

Lot's of mental health problems here.

30k is less than what she pays for jewelry.

9:32 I read somewhere that The Edies were each paid about $5000 for participating in the documentary. 🤔

You just know Jacko was embarrassed the hell out of by being related to them but there was nothing she could do about it.

Big edie was beautiful and that got her money but she was batshit crazy, greedy😢 and that money ran out ,her looks faded, neither woman knew how to do anything for themselves (thanks to servants)she couldn't stand knowing her daughter may have been the big star , that she wanted to be so badly...rip little Edie

It's funny because more people talk nowadays about the Edie's than they do Jackie Kennedy.

I'm so glad little Edie got out and on her own in Fl,the people should have been sued for not paying them for the Documentary.

After the house was fixed, the new owners sold it 2 years later for 3 million. They paid 500,000. Later it had an addition off the back and larger garage...sold for 15 million it later was used as a summer rental for 135,000 for 2 months.

A very complicated story.. interesting for sure...Got to say they look pretty happy to me... Full of regrets.. But who isn't.? I hope they were proud of this documentry, they clearly sacraficed a lot to be stars...and in the end... They achieved it.

"Divorced via telegram from Mexico" Ladies, this is a cautionary tale: A husband is not a toy

Some slippy work, several times pairing narrative parts about Big Edie with images of Little Edie.

I won't shed a tear.

If Big Edie wasn't so stubborn (and crazy) they could have sold that mansion before it fell into disrepair. They could have bought a much more modest place and paid someone to clean up after them.....

Wow! So interesting ❤

I have all the documentaries and the movie. After the mansion was fixed up it wasn’t so bad for them. They lived in a nice neighborhood near the beach.

Sanely insane Insanely sane. 🤺💐

Glad little Edie decided to sell up and get on with her life.

Their life was and endless descent into darkness made worse by the fact that they came from all the way up. Instead of glorifying the mess they made of their lives and themselves, we should use it as a cautionary tale because the two were obviously mentally challenged too. If you need to rely on family handouts to survive when you were privileged to begin with, sorry darling but you dug your own grave. Now lie in it.

I saw the documentary and also movie called Gray Garden to me mother was normal the daughter was off. I think Jackie was not normal either and she talk and sound demented!

Without daddy's or husband's money, few women could afford lavish lifestyles

I would love to see a picture of the outfit she wore at her son's wedding that got her disinherited. I bet she was beautiful! I would have loved to meet and talk to them!

I seen the documentary and wow

Wish I could thumps down this video twice. Once for the filler and second for the mispronounced words.

This must be from a foreign perspective because you talked a lot about Jackie and not about the reason why a person click which was to learn about the bills and not Jacqueline Kennedy

I remember watching this & felt so sad that they wanted to live that way..& how little edith never got a chamce to live life on her terms until after her mom passed.