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In this Slavic name, the surname is Radziwiłł, sometimes transliterated as Radziwill.

Carole Radziwill
BornCarole Ann DiFalco
(1963-08-20) August 20, 1963 (age 61)[1][2]
Noble familyRadziwiłł (by marriage)
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1994; died 1999)​
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • author
  • television personality

Carole Ann Radziwill (Polish pronunciation: [raˈd͡ʑiviww]; née DiFalco; born August 20, 1963) is an American journalist, author, and television personality.

Early life and education

Carole Ann DiFalco was born on August 20, 1963 and grew up in a working-class family in Suffern, New York.[3] She earned a B.A. in English at Hunter College and an M.B.A. at New York University.[2]

Career

Journalism and writing

Radziwill began her news career at ABC in New York, in 1985, as an intern in postproduction for 20/20, a news magazine show.[4] She was later assigned to Close Up as a production secretary. Radziwill eventually worked for Peter Jennings' documentary unit, producing shows on abortion and gun control, and covering foreign policy stories in Cambodia, Haiti, and India.[5]

In 1991, Radziwill 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. Radziwill has won several awards, including three Emmys, one for a story she produced on land mines in Cambodia, a Peabody,[5] and a GLAAD award.[6]

After her husband's death, Radziwill 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.[7] A review of the book in The New York Times called it a "bittersweet account" that emphasized "graciousness over disclosure."[8][9]

Radziwill signed with Glamour magazine to write a monthly column called Lunch Date.[7] Her Lunch Dates have included former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani[10] as well as 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

In 2011, Radziwill joined the cast of Bravo TV's The Real Housewives of New York City.[5] On July 25, 2018, she announced she was leaving the show after six seasons (seasons 5–10). Radziwill said she wanted to go back to journalism and producing. However co-star Bethenny Frankel later outed Radziwill as being fired. Since being cut from the show, Radziwill has started a second career out of discussing Housewives and her former co-stars.[15]


In "A Ranking of the Richest Real Housewives from Every Season" from January 2018, Money estimated Radziwill's net worth was $50 million dollars.[16]

Personal life

On August 27, 1994, she and her fellow ABC News producer, Prince Anthony Radziwiłł, married in East Hampton, New York.[17] Her husband died of cancer on August 10, 1999. By virtue of marriage, she is member of the Radziwiłł family, an aristocratic European family and can be referred to as Princess, albeit only socially as titles in Poland no longer legally exist.

In 2014, Radziwill started dating chef Adam Kenworthy, 21 years her junior. The pair dated on and off before announcing their split in 2017.[18]

Following the arrest of socialite Ghislaine Maxwell for sex trafficking, images of Radziwill photographed with Maxwell resurfaced online.[19][20] Radziwill also appears in the contact book of American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.[21] Radziwill stated she was "friendly" with Maxwell in the early 2000s, but hasn't spoken with her in over a decade. Radziwill denied knowing Epstein and stated she was unaware of any misconduct.[22]

References

  1. ^ "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
  2. ^ a b "And Then There Was One..." People. October 10, 2005. Archived from the original on May 15, 2014. Radziwill, 42
  3. ^ Bernstein, Jacob (June 4, 2012). "Carole Radziwill on the 'Real Housewives,' Kennedys, and More". Daily Beast. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  4. ^ Radziwill, Carole. What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love. Scribner 2005. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0739458736.
  5. ^ a b c 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.
  6. ^ Nevins, Jake (April 5, 2017). "Carole Radziwill on Being The Real Housewives of New York's Resident Politico". Vulture. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  7. ^ a b 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.
  8. ^ Kantor, Jodi (October 30, 2005). "Ask Not – New York Times Book Review". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Radziwill, Carole (October 30, 2005). "What Remains, Prologue". Republished with permission by The New York Times.
  10. ^ "Lunch date with Rudolph Giuliani". Glamour. August 1, 2006.
  11. ^ "This Guy Loves Women - Lunch date with Antonio Banderas". Glamour. September 3, 2007.
  12. ^ "Lunch date with Rachel Weisz". Glamour. October 1, 2006.
  13. ^ "Lunch date with Alec Baldwin". Glamour. January 1, 2007.
  14. ^ "The Widow's Guide to Sex and Dating | Carole Radziwill | Macmillan". Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  15. ^ Hendricks, Jaclyn (July 25, 2018). "Carole Radziwill is leaving 'Real Housewives of New York'". Page Six. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  16. ^ Schrodt, Paul (January 29, 2018). "A Ranking of the Richest Real Housewives From Every Season". Money. Archived from the original on October 7, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  17. ^ "Chronicle". The New York Times. August 29, 1994.
  18. ^ Denninger, Lindsay. "'Real Housewives' Star Carole's Ex-BF Adam Is Super Busy Post-Split". Bustle. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  19. ^ "Ghislaine Maxwell's long list of very famous friends". News.com.au. July 6, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  20. ^ "Ghislaine Maxwell and Carole Radziwill". Getty Images. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ Dobin, Marenah (July 9, 2020). "The truth about Carole Radziwill & Ghislaine Maxwell". Nicki Swift. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
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