RFK Jr. Was Having a ‘Digital and Emotional’ Affair With a New York Magazine Writer

One of America’s premier mag writers has been placed connected permission pursuing the quality that she had a romanticist narration with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. portion helium was moving for president and portion she was covering him.

Status, a newsletter from erstwhile CNN writer Oliver Darcy, broke the quality on Thursday night. According to Status, New York Magazine Washington Correspondent Olivia Nuzzi had an inappropriate narration with Kennedy. The narration began astir the caller twelvemonth aft Nuzzi profiled Kennedy for the mag past November and continued until August.

New York Magazine learned of the narration a fewer days agone and has placed Nuzzi connected permission pending a “third-party review” of her work.

“Had the mag been alert of this relationship, she would not person continued to screen the statesmanlike campaign,” the mag said successful a letter to its readers connected Thursday night. “We regret this usurpation of our readers’ trust.”

Nuzzi is celebrated successful media circles arsenic a gadfly who writes lengthy profiles of subjects similar Kennedy and Donald Trump. She had a cameo successful the TV amusement Billions, wrote a scathing portrait of the declining wellness of Joe Biden, and investigated however the archetypal Trump presidency ended astatine Four Seasons Landscaping successful Philadelphia. She gets adjacent to her subjects and produces in-depth profiles and sum that onslaught astatine the bosom of them. Now each that enactment is nether a microscope.

New York Magazine exertion David Haskell told its unit Friday greeting that the third-party reappraisal volition assistance find what to bash next, according to Semafor media editor Max Tani.

“We are 45 days distant from the election. We are successful the midst of reporting, penning and editing first-class journalism astir the run and the issues and figures astatine the halfway of it,” helium said successful a enactment to staff. “I americium atrocious this brings a unreality of distraction implicit us.”

In a enactment to unit this morning, New York mag exertion David Haskell said the work is engaging an autarkic third-party to reappraisal Olivia Nuzzi's 2024 work. The results of the reappraisal volition "influence our last disciplinary decision."

— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) September 20, 2024

Brian Stetler astatine CNN reported that the matter was “digital and emotional” successful quality and that it was ne'er physically consummated. Nuzzi confirmed this successful a connection she gave to Status.

“Earlier this year, the quality of immoderate connection betwixt myself and a erstwhile reporting taxable turned personal. During that time, I did not straight study connected the taxable nor usage them arsenic a source,” she said. “The narration was ne'er carnal but should person been disclosed to forestall the quality of a conflict. I profoundly regret not doing truthful instantly and apologize to those I’ve disappointed, particularly my colleagues astatine New York.”

RFK Jr., who is joined to histrion Cheryl Hines, has not publically commented connected the affair.

“Mr. Kennedy lone met Olivia Nuzzi erstwhile successful his beingness for an interrogation she requested, which yielded a deed piece,” a Kennedy spokesperson told CNN.

Kennedy was moving for president erstwhile helium met Nuzzi, but has since suspended his run and endorsed Trump. It was a run rocked by scandal, including 2 centered connected dead animals, a divorcement involving brain worms, and intersexual battle allegations.