The Real Reason Andrew Cuomo And Kerry Kennedy Divorced

The high-profile marriage of Andrew Cuomo and Kerry Kennedy unified two political powerhouses and earned the nickname "Cuomolot," but the fairy tale crumbled under waves of controversy, scandal, and gossip. This is the true story of how it all fell apart. Like many Kennedy unions, the courtship between Andrew Cuomo and Kerry Kennedy had the hallmarks of a fairy-tale - according to the press, at least. As journalist Michael Shnayerson described in a 2015 piece for Vanity Fair, the pair met in the late 1980s, when Cuomo launched a non-profit to help the homeless, and Kennedy, a noted human rights activist, was setting up her own non-profit, the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights, named after her father. With similar interests and aspirations, the coupling made sense, but it also served as a symbolic melding of two American political dynasties: the noblesse-like Kennedys and the ambitious Cuomos, whose patriarch, former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, typified the intergenerational immigrant success story. Although the romance between the two seemed genuine, Andrew also knew a union between them would be valuable political capital. According to Shnayerson, he purportedly secretly met with select members of the press to ask their opinions on a Cuomo-Kennedy engagement before he even proposed. Shnayerson wrote of the discussions, "Some of the journalists were acquaintances at best. Appreciative as they were of candor, the pre-proposal talk struck them as odd. Why would he share this intimate plan with them before he broached it to Kerry? And why worry about how the media would perceive it?" Some sources believe Cuomo's strategizing may have foretold the implosion of the marriage before it even began. Keep watching to learn The Real Reason Andrew Cuomo And Kerry Kennedy Divorced! #AndrewCuomo #KerryKennedy Looking for love...and political clout | 0:19 The rise of 'Cuomolot' | 1:42 Too tightly wound | 2:46 Did Andrew Cuomo 'bully' the Kennedy family? | 3:49 Personal and political losses | 4:50 Tabloid fodder | 6:02 The fall of 'Cuomolot' | 7:06