JFK Jr’s shut pal since their teenage years at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., Chermayeff mentioned JFK Jr. was possible drawn to marijuana as a result of it “frees you from self-obsession – and that was medication for him, as a result of he got here from a spot the place your f**king household, they’re sensible.”
He added that whereas they had been in class, college students would collect in JFK Jr.’s room, the place Chermayeff alleged they might be “smoking weed and experimenting with medicine, and rock ‘n’ roll, and intercourse, and all the stuff we beloved a lot within the ’70s.”
Chermayeff additionally revealed though his pal didn’t develop into an alcoholic, he did allegedly experiment with different leisure medicine, together with “coke within the ’80s and ’90s, ’80s extra. I assume it was ’90s, too, generally.”
He recalled snowboarding with JFK Jr. whereas each had been allegedly excessive on mushrooms… and snorting cocaine with him at New York’s infamous Studio 54, the place “there was a whole lot of coke. I used to brag that I’ve by no means carried out unhealthy coke, as a result of I’ve by no means carried out coke besides with John Kennedy.”