Grace Jones—Dolph

Grace Jones—Dolph is portrayed through the unsettled aftermath of their breakup. Jones remained preoccupied with Dolph and what he was doing, while the diary’s speaker viewed his departure as a mistake and admitted that his advice to her had often been unreliable.

The breakup and its aftermath

At a wedding attended by Grace Jones, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Ted Kennedy, Jones and Schwarzenegger talked about what she should do about Dolph. The diarist described Jones as upset that Dolph was sleeping with her friends and suggested, half playfully, that she marry him briefly because the wedding would be spectacular. The advice was less a practical plan than another instance of the diarist’s willingness to turn Jones’s romantic trouble into social spectacle.

The diarist also recalled having urged Jones to tone down her look, warning that people would not accept anything so extreme. Looking back, he called this bad advice too. His account thus frames his involvement as affectionate but fallible: he offered opinions on both Jones’s appearance and her relationship, then recognized that his counsel had repeatedly missed the mark.

Longing, judgment, and social life

Later, during a photo session at Elliott Erwitt’s apartment on Central Park West, Jones arrived after the others had gone ahead without waiting for her. The diarist described her as habitually late but sweet and fun. She thought the two of them might become a couple and that she could make him happy; he responded by imagining the disruption her cocaine-using friends would bring to his home. The exchange shows Jones continuing to seek closeness and companionship after Dolph, though the diary does not say that she and the diarist became a couple.

Jones still could not get over Dolph dumping her. She predicted that he would not succeed without her, a judgment the diarist agreed with. At the same time, he assessed the breakup in transactional terms, thinking Dolph should have gained more from Jones before leaving her. His account mingles sympathy for her hurt with a sharp, socially observant appraisal of the people around them.

A relationship without resolution

Dolph remains present in these entries chiefly through Jones’s reports and the diarist’s judgments: he had left her, was involved with her friends, and, as Jones complained, drew attention from women around swimming pools in his small shorts. These details make the separation feel ongoing, sustained by jealousy, wounded pride, and talk about what Dolph might or might not accomplish without her. The diary records no reconciliation or definitive closure; its emphasis is instead on Jones’s lingering attachment and the circle of friends who continued to discuss the breakup.