They had friends in common, especially Kennedy’s brother-in-law Peter Lawford, a film actor of some renown. Marilyn was wary of Peter; she thought he was secretly gay and not just envious of her, but very much wanted to be her. Clearly, Peter also wanted to be Jack. Marrying his sister, Patricia Kennedy, hadn’t been enough for Peter; he quickly became Jack’s shadow, his pimp, his fixer, drug supplier. Anything or anyone Jack wanted, Peter made it happen.
