I met Joe Kennedy III and his twin Matt back in 2007 when I was interning at a political consulting firm. They were both late 20s at the time and were perfectly pleasant but had a rehearsed poise to them that seemed a bit unnatural.

Ted Kennedy’s first wife Joan was a regular at the spa I worked at during college the year after I met the Kennedy twins. To be delicate, I’ll say she had monthly skin treatments and let’s just say I saw a very stripped down version of her - no makeup and a latex glove filled with ice held up to her face to quell any post treatment swelling. She was always very sweet. One time she was onsite when we had a celebrity power couple in the house who required a police escort and motorcade upon arrival and were a general nuisance to all of the staff. Joan saw the madness when checking out after her appt and just giggled to me and the other receptionists and said under her breath “that movie Wall Street came out 20 years ago, I think the need for that level of security today is a touch over the top.” I guess Joan never saw Traffic, but I appreciated that she found the whole spectacle as ridiculous as we did.