Reporter Olivia Nuzzi’s relationship with RFK Jr. triggers backlash (original) (raw)

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The relationship was never physical, Nuzzi said, and a spokesperson for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. deflected the story.

New York magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi arrives for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 29, 2023. (Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)

Updated September 20, 2024 at 1:25 p.m. EDT|Published September 20, 2024 at 3:01 a.m. EDT

Star political reporter Olivia Nuzzi is on leave from New York magazine after she acknowledged that she had a personal — but not physical — relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while reporting on the 2024 presidential campaign, the magazine’s top editor implied in a Friday-morning memo to staff.

Another person close to the situation confirmed it was Kennedy, who suspended his independent presidential campaign in August and endorsed Donald Trump.