"An observation is offered: Isn't it ironic that John Kennedy — he has dropped the Jr. — finds himself a member of the media now, after all those years of fleeing it? “I think anyone who knows John Kennedy,” says one of the blurs, Berman, “knows that he always does the unexpected.”
Kennedy fidgets.
“I have,” says Kennedy, “a slight contrarian impulse I can't seem to shake.”
Contrarian streak?"
yes, so he wouldn't use the Jr., that 'person' isn't here.
AND there's this...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/he-speaks/2019/01/02/b5837e5c-0aec-11e9-a3f0-71c95106d96a_story.html
"An observation is offered: Isn't it ironic that John Kennedy — he has dropped the Jr. — finds himself a member of the media now, after all those years of fleeing it? “I think anyone who knows John Kennedy,” says one of the blurs, Berman, “knows that he always does the unexpected.” Kennedy fidgets.
“I have,” says Kennedy, “a slight contrarian impulse I can't seem to shake.” Contrarian streak?"