# @gq on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVJftSOgSGW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/57556200-gq-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-24T17:05:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** GQ (@gq) — https://gondola.cc/gq

## Caption

We’re meeting Paul Anthony Kelly at a very strange time in his life. A year ago, he was just another male model in his late 30s who'd walked the runways for Vivenne Westwood, worked in Tokyo and Hong Kong, and modeled in catalogs for everyone from Eddie Bauer to Brooks Brothers.

How fast life can change. Almost exactly a year ago, Kelly received an email inviting him to self-tape and audition for a new series Ryan Murphy was making about the mythic love affair between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. After another self-tape, a callback session, and a pivotal chemistry read with the Tony-nominated actor Sarah Pidgeon, who’d already been cast as Bessette, he found out that he had the role in May—and that they would start shooting in June. “I was kind of thrust into this position with no time to think about anything else,” Kelly says.

Now, 'Love Story' is out, and ofishalpak has emerged as America's newest heartthrob—a Pinterest pin-up brought to life. At the link in bio, read our #GQHype cover story on how Paul Anthony Kelly became Ryan Murphy's JFK Jr.

Photographs by mattelife
Story by raymondangas
Styled by theemarcusallen
Set Design by milesbettinelli at mhs_artists
Grooming by kumicraig using La Mer
Tailoring by Susan Balcunas at larsnordstudio

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