Olivia Nuzzi is sharing new particulars of her alleged affair with former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The New York Instances previewed the journalist’s new guide, American Canto, in a profile printed on Friday, November 14, the place Nuzzi particulars her account of their alleged relationship.
Within the guide, Nuzzi, 32, claims that RFK Jr., 71, advised her he needed to have her child regardless of beforehand suggesting their relationship was “by no means bodily”, per the Instances.
The outlet reported Nuzzi additionally claims within the guide that RFK Jr. was the primary to say “I really like you,” wrote her poems and promised to take a bullet for her. Nuzzi claims through the guide, which shall be launched on December 2, that RFK Jr.’s nickname for her was “Livvy.”
Us Weekly has reached out to RFK Jr.’s representatives for remark.
In October 2024, Nuzzi’s ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza claimed in court docket paperwork that Nuzzi advised him that RFK Jr. needed to “impregnate” her, amongst different claims.
“Nuzzi had been dishonest on me with a married man for nearly a 12 months,” Lizza claimed in court docket paperwork filed on October 14, 2024, and obtained by Web page Six.
He added, “She admitted the affair and over the course of weeks of conversations she confided how she fell into what she described as ‘poisonous’ ‘unhealthy’ ‘silly’ ‘psychotic’ ‘loopy’ ‘indefensible’ relationship with a 70-year-old ‘intercourse addict’ who advised her he needed to ‘possess,’ ‘management,’ and ‘impregnate’ her.”
Us Weekly reached out for remark to Nuzzi and RFK Jr. on the time.
Information broke of Nuzzi’s alleged “inappropriate private relationship” with RFK Jr. shortly after she performed an interview about his political profession for New York Journal in September 2024. The identical month, the journal addressed Nuzzi allegedly failing to reveal her relationship standing with Kennedy.
“She is at the moment on go away from the journal, and the journal is conducting a extra thorough third-party assessment. We remorse this violation of our readers’ belief,” the journal’s assertion learn, partially.
Olivia Nuzzo. (Picture by Randy Shropshire/Getty Photos for Vox Media)
On the time, neither New York Journal nor Nuzzi publicly named RFK Jr., however CNN and The New York Instances each reported that he was certainly the topic. In an announcement to The Instances, Nuzzi denied having a bodily relationship with the politician.
“I didn’t instantly report on the topic nor use them as a supply. The connection was by no means bodily however ought to have been disclosed to stop the looks of a battle,” Nuzzi stated through her assertion. “I deeply remorse not doing so instantly and apologize to these I’ve disenchanted, particularly my colleagues at New York.”
RFK Jr. additionally denied the affair by means of his spokesperson. “Mr. Kennedy solely met Olivia Nuzzi as soon as in his life for an interview she requested, which yielded successful piece,” the rep advised NBC Information in an announcement in September 2024.
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Each Nuzzi and RFK Jr. have been concerned in preexisting relationships, with Nuzzi’s then-fiancé Lizza ending his engagement to Nuzzi following the scandal.
For his half, RFK Jr. has been married to actress Cheryl Hines since 2014.
Hines addressed the hypothesis and headlines surrounding her marriage throughout an October episode of “The Katie Miller Podcast.”
“I feel you at all times have to contemplate the supply, proper?” she stated on the podcast on the time. “In order that’s the place I begin. After which it ends with a dialog with Bobby.”
Hines added, “Bobby had been working for president, and it was an exhausting year-and-a-half of headlines and rumors and articles and chaos. And at the moment, I assumed, ‘OK, that is extra chaos and extra rumors.’ And, um, it was quite a bit.”
After she was requested about Nuzzi’s upcoming guide launch, Hines responded, “I don’t know this individual. Don’t know their intentions. I might guess, however I received’t. However you possibly can if you’d like.”
