Olivia Nuzzi out at New York magazine after RFK Jr. sexting tryst
Olivia Nuzzi is leaving New York magazine following a crescendo of salacious stories around the star Washington correspondent’s romantic affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
In the magazine’s announcement on their website, New York said that an outside investigation found no evidence of bias in any of Nuzzi’s reporting during the 2024 campaign.
“Nevertheless, the magazine and Nuzzi agreed that the best course forward is to part ways,” the statement reads, before going on to call the 31-year-old “a uniquely talented writer.”
The affair, which included a lengthy “sexting” tryst, also has landed Nuzzi in a messy legal battle with her journalist ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza.
Nuzzi filed a no-contact order🐷 ;against Lizza last month, claiming he ꦺhad hacked her devices and was blackmailing her over the affair.
In subsequent court filings, Lizza, 50, painted Nuzzi 🐭as a lost and heartbroken lover who desperately tried to save their engagement after he dumped her, according to the documents filed in Washington, DC’s Superior Court.
He said he confronted Nuzzi and broke off their engagement on Aug. 17 after learning that she had been carrying on with the nearl෴y 40-years-her-senior RFK Jr. for almost a year,🧸 according to the filing.
Nuzzi told him that RFK Jr. wanted to “possess,” “control,” and “impregnate” her, according to the filing.
Lizza claimed that everything he learned of the affair wi𝓰th Kennedy — who is married to actress Cheryl Hines — came from N♐uzzi’s own tearful admissions as she tried to win him back, the filing said.
Lizza — Politico’s chief Washington correspondent, who is currently on leave from the publication’s popular and influential Playbook — denied thꦓat he leaked details of the relationship to her editor or to the press, and refuted 𝓡her allegations of hacking.
RFK Jr. denied Lizza’s account of the relationship and Nuzzi’s lawyer said the filing was “full of salacious and irrelevant claims.”
