Jackie Kennedy desperately wanted to save Marilyn Monroe – even though the starlet was rumored to be having an affair with the first lady's hubby, John F. Kennedy , RadarOnline.com can reveal.

In his page-turner new book, JFK: Public, Private, Secret , author J. Randy Taraborrelli claimed even though the president's alleged affair with Monroe may or may not have happened, Jackie was savvy enough to realize the Kennedys played the emotionally spiraling sex kitten like a yo-yo.

Monroe, of course, was then passed along to JFK's little brother Robert Kennedy . Article continues below advertisement

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"She had obviously been trying to reach out to them

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