Sarah Pidgeon reveals struggle to adjust to newfound fame just like her Love Story character and 'broke out in hives' due to her overnight success

Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Published: 19:00 EDT, 1 September 2026 | Updated: 19:10 EDT, 1 September 2026 Sarah Pidgeon and Paul Anthony Kelly shot to prominence for starring as John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette in the Disney hit Love Story earlier this year.The drama series chronicled the late couple's high-profile courtship and volatile marriage as Carolyn struggled to adjust to being in the spotlight.And life has imitated art as Sarah revealed her personal battle with adjusting to her newfound fame from the overnight success of Love Story.The actress, 30, admitted she has had to make 'small adjustments' in her life just like her character had too off the back of starring in the drama.Speaking in an interview with Elle UK, Sarah revealed she 'broke out in hives' from anxiety when the show premiered.She explained: 'Had I understood what the show would become while we were filming it, I would have been crippled with anxiety. Life has intimated art as Sarah Pidgeon revealed her personal battle with adjusting to her newfound fame from the overnight success of Love Story - just like her character The actress, 30, admitted she has had to make 'small adjustments' in her life just like her character had too off the back of starring in the drama Sarah Pidgeon and Paul Anthony Kelly shot to prominence for starring as John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette in the Disney hit Love Story earlier this year'When I heard that the first cuts were coming together, I broke out in hives. It suddenly became a reality that people were going to see it.' Sarah continued to explain how her life has changed after starring in the drama: 'My life, compared with all previous years, has been very abnormal this year. I've been travelling to different places. I've been working a lot. 'I'm attending couture shows, doing photoshoots and going on late-night television. It's so different from anything I've experienced. It's been a big change…[My friends] were like, "Jesus, I'm just seeing the same picture of you over and over again [on social media algorithms]". I told them, "I'm sorry, I'm bored of it too".'No one wants a private moment captured. I don't want to change how I'm living, I like my life. But I'm making small adjustments.'I want to protect the things that feel like they're just for me, or the people in my life.'Before starring in Love Story, Sarah appeared in the Hulu series Tiny Beautiful Things and made her Broadway debut in Stereophonic. Ahead of receiving the Modern Muse award at the ELLE Style Awards 2026, Sarah stunned in a sophisticated photoshoot with the magazine.The nine-part drama follows John and Carolyn's relationship, from the two meeting at a party to the deaths of the couple and her sister Lauren Bessette (Sydney Lemmon) on July 16, 1999. Speaking in an interview with Elle UK, Sarah revealed she 'broke out in hives' from anxiety when the show premiered Sarah continued to explain how her life has changed after starring in the drama: 'My life, compared with all previous years, has been very abnormal this year' Ahead of receiving the Modern Muse award at the ELLE Style Awards 2026, Sarah stunned in a sophisticated photoshoot with the magazine The drama series chronicled the late couple's high-profile courtship and volatile marriage as Carolyn struggled to adjust to being in the spotlight The October issue of ELLE UK is on sale from 3 SeptemberThey all died when a small plane piloted by Kennedy crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha's Vineyard.The synopsis reads: 'It was a love story that captured the attention of the nation: John F. Kennedy Jr. was the closest thing to American royalty. The country watched him grow from a boy to a beloved bachelor and media sensation.'Bessette was a star in her own right. Fiercely independent and with a singular style, she rose from being a sales assistant to an executive at Calvin Klein and became a trusted confidante of its eponymous founder.'John and Carolyn’s connection was immediate, electric and undeniable. As their love story unfolded on a national stage, the intense fame and media attention that came along with it threatened to rip them apart.'The October issue of ELLE UK is on sale from September 3.