Carole Ann Radziwiłł (Polish pronunciation: [raˈd͡ʑiviww]; née DiFalco; born August 20, 1963) is an American journalist, author, and television personality. Throughout the course of nearly two decades working as a journalist and producer for ABC News, her reporting earned her three Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award,[3] and a GLAAD Media Award.[4]
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| Known for | ABC News The Real Housewives of New York City |
| Born | Carole Ann DiFalco August 20, 1963 [1][2] |
| Noble family | Radziwiłł |
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After leaving ABC News, she wrote a memoir, called What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love. Released in 2005, it became a New York Times bestseller.[5] From 2012 to 2018, Radziwiłł appeared as a main cast member on the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of New York City.
Early life and education
editCarole Ann DiFalco was born on August 20, 1963, and grew up in a working-class family in Suffern, New York. She is of Italian descent.[6] She earned a B.A. in English at Hunter College and an M.B.A. at New York University.[2]
Career
editJournalism and writing
editRadziwiłł began her news career at ABC in New York, in 1985, as an intern in postproduction for 20/20, a news magazine show.[7] She was later assigned to Close Up as a production secretary. Radziwiłł eventually worked for Peter Jennings' documentary unit, producing shows on abortion and gun control, and covering foreign policy stories in Cambodia, Haiti, and India.[3]
In 1991, Radziwiłł was stationed in Iraq and reported on the SCUD missile attacks during the Gulf War. In 2003, during the War in Afghanistan, she spent six weeks in Kandahar, embedded with an infantry unit of the 101st Airborne Division. She produced segments for an ABC-TV show called Profiles from the Frontline. Radziwiłł has won several awards, including three Emmys, one for a story she produced on land mines in Cambodia, a Peabody,[3] and a GLAAD award.[4]
After her husband's death, Radziwiłł left ABC News to write a memoir about her personal life, her career at ABC News, as well as her effort to manage her husband's cancer. What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love (Scribner, 2005) made the New York Times Best Seller List.[5] A review of the book in The New York Times called it a "bittersweet account" that emphasized "graciousness over disclosure."[8][9]
Radziwiłł signed with Glamour magazine to write a monthly column called Lunch Date.[5] Her “Lunch Dates” have included former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani[10] and Hollywood actors Antonio Banderas,[11] Rachel Weisz,[12] and Alec Baldwin.[13]
She sold her first novel, The Widow's Guide to Sex & Dating, to Holt Publishing. It was released on February 11, 2014.[14]
Reality TV
editIn 2011, Radziwiłł joined the cast of Bravo TV's The Real Housewives of New York City.[3] On July 25, 2018, she announced she was leaving the show after six seasons (seasons 5–10). Radziwiłł said she wanted to go back to journalism.[15]
Personal life
editOn August 27, 1994, she and her fellow ABC News producer, Anthony Radziwiłł, son of socialite Lee Radziwill and nephew of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, married in East Hampton, New York.[16] Her husband died of cancer on August 10, 1999.
Radziwiłł dated Aerosmith producer Russ Irwin and appeared in the video for his 2012 song "Manhattan." Irwin appeared occasionally on Bravo's "The Real Housewives of New York City" beginning in season 5.[17][18]
In 2014, Radziwiłł started dating chef Adam Kenworthy. The pair dated on and off before announcing their split in 2017.[19]
Following the arrest of socialite Ghislaine Maxwell for sex trafficking, images of Radziwiłł photographed with Maxwell resurfaced online.[20][21] Radziwiłł also appears in the contact book of American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.[22] Radziwiłł stated she was "friendly" with Maxwell in the early 2000s, but has not spoken with her in over a decade. Radziwiłł denied knowing Epstein and stated she was unaware of any misconduct.[23]
References
edit- ^ "Once upon a time" (PDF). Vogue. September 2005. p. 348. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 30, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
Radziwill seems young for 41
- ^ a b "And Then There Was One..." People. October 10, 2005. Archived from the original on May 15, 2014.
Radziwill, 42
- ^ a b c d Curry, Stormy (March 5, 2014). "Carole Radziwill: How I Am on Camera Is How I Am off Camera". KTTV FOX 11. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
- ^ a b Nevins, Jake (April 5, 2017). "Carole Radziwill on Being The Real Housewives of New York's Resident Politico". Vulture. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ a b c Ramos, Dino-Ray (September 5, 2018). "Verve Inks 'Real Housewives' Alum Carole Radziwill, Adds Bill Thompson To Boost Unscripted Team". Deadline. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Bernstein, Jacob (June 4, 2012). "Carole Radziwill on the 'Real Housewives,' Kennedys, and More". Daily Beast. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
- ^ Radziwill, Carole (2005). What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love. Scribner 2005. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0-7394-5873-6.
- ^ Kantor, Jodi (October 30, 2005). "Ask Not – New York Times Book Review". The New York Times.
- ^ Radziwill, Carole (October 30, 2005). "What Remains, Prologue". Republished with permission by The New York Times.
- ^ "Lunch date with Rudolph Giuliani". Glamour. August 1, 2006.
- ^ "This Guy Loves Women – Lunch date with Antonio Banderas". Glamour. September 3, 2007.
- ^ "Lunch date with Rachel Weisz". Glamour. October 1, 2006.
- ^ "Lunch date with Alec Baldwin". Glamour. January 1, 2007.
- ^ "The Widow's Guide to Sex and Dating | Carole Radziwill | Macmillan". Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
- ^ "The Real Reason Carole Radziwill Left "RHONY" — & What She's Doing Now". January 25, 2019.
- ^ "Chronicle". The New York Times. August 29, 1994.
- ^ "Carole Radziwill and Russ Irwin Split!". Us Weekly. February 8, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
- ^ Russ Irwin (June 11, 2012). Russ Irwin - Manhattan. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ Denninger, Lindsay. "'Real Housewives' Star Carole's Ex-BF Adam Is Super Busy Post-Split". Bustle. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ "Ghislaine Maxwell's long list of very famous friends". News.com.au. July 6, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ "Ghislaine Maxwell and Carole Radziwill". Getty Images. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ Coylar, Brock; Hurwitz, Kelsey; Klein, Charlotte; Kweku, Ezekiel; Larocca, Amy; Martins, Yinka; K. Raymond, Adam; Schneier, Matthew; Staib, Matt; D. Walsh, James (July 22, 2019). "Who Was Jeffrey Epstein Calling? A close study of his circle — social, professional, transactional — reveals a damning portrait of elite New York". New York. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ Dobin, Marenah (July 9, 2020). "The truth about Carole Radziwill & Ghislaine Maxwell". Nicki Swift. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
External links
edit- Official website
- "The Cartier Curse" Radziwill tells the story of Jackie Kennedy's Cartier tank wristwatch, which Radziwill later owned. (14 min. audio, via The Moth)