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Mr. Sparkle

(3,130 posts)
Fri Sep 20, 2024, 06:13 AM Sep 20

Olivia Nuzzi on Leave from New York Magazine After Romantic Relationship with RFK Jr.

Source: Mediaite.com

Reporter Olivia Nuzzi of New York magazine was placed on leave by the publication after it became aware of a romantic relationship she had with former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to Oliver Darcy of Status. In a report posted on Thursday night, Darcy included a statement from New York regarding the personnel decision:

“Recently our Washington Correspondent Olivia Nuzzi acknowledged to the magazine’s editors that she had engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign while she was reporting on the campaign, a violation of the magazine’s standards around conflicts of interest and disclosures,” a spokesperson for New York magazine said in a statement. “Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign,” the spokesperson added. “An internal review of her published work has found no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias. She is currently on leave from the magazine, and the magazine is conducting a more thorough third-party review. We regret this violation of our readers’ trust.”

Darcy added that the relationship between the 31-year-old reporter and the 70-year-old political scion began after a November 2023 profile she wrote on Kennedy, a source close to Nuzzi said. That source told Darcy that Nuzzi did not use Kennedy as a source while covering the 2024 campaign. Nuzzi did not comment for the story, but shortly after the story broke, she issued a statement denying the relationship was “physical.” “Earlier this year, the nature of some communication between myself and a former reporting subject turned personal,” she said in statement obtained by Corbin Boiles of The Daily Beast. “During that time, I did not directly report on the subject nor use them as a source. The relationship was never physical but should have been disclosed to prevent the appearance of a conflict. I deeply regret not doing so immediately and apologize to those I’ve disappointed, especially my colleagues at New York.”

Kennedy originally sought the Democratic nomination, but abandoned the effort to launch an independent run. However, he ultimately ended that bid and endorsed former President Donald Trump. A second source told Status “the relationship is thought to have started around the new year.” In March, Nuzzi spoke with Frank Bruni of the New York Times and said both the major party nominees for president should be “terrified.” “If I were Trump, I might consider getting myself indicted again — the indictments seem only to improve his standing,” she said at the time. “It is early, and we have compelling reasons to peer at the polling with some healthy skepticism. However, both likely major party nominees are so unpopular that they would each be the most historically unpopular nominee were it not for the other one. It’s a remarkably precarious situation.” She called it “a three-man race.” Kennedy is married to actress Cheryl Hines. Nuzzi is engaged to reporter Ryan Lizza. Darcy reported that Kennedy allegedly bragged in private about his relationship with Nuzzi.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/olivia-nuzzi-on-leave-from-new-york-magazine-after-romantic-relationship-with-rfk-jr/

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Olivia Nuzzi on Leave from New York Magazine After Romantic Relationship with RFK Jr. (Original Post) Mr. Sparkle Sep 20 OP
Guess the cruise on The Love Boat didn't exactly work out . . . . . no_hypocrisy Sep 20 #1
Yikes. 2naSalit Sep 20 #2
That poor girl. such bad judgment. /nt bucolic_frolic Sep 20 #3
Run, Cheryl, run. It's not going to get any better. Vinca Sep 20 #4
I know I don't speak for women, Miguelito Loveless Sep 20 #5
Well if his wife wasn't divorcing him before Trenzalore Sep 20 #6
Fool threw away her career for nothing ... he's a loser who's mentally disturbed FakeNoose Sep 20 #7
Her career is still active TexasBushwhacker Sep 20 #10
She'll probably write a book FakeNoose Sep 20 #11
Was smart to keep her day job. nt delisen Sep 22 #20
RFK Jr is a villain from the 'Toxic Avenger' movies wolfie001 Sep 20 #8
Well at least it would be interesting moniss Sep 20 #9
What the fuck was she thinking? SunSeeker Sep 20 #12
She's lost all professional credibility Random Boomer Sep 20 #13
Did he show her his whale? twodogsbarking Sep 20 #14
"Wanna sniff my whale?" truthisfreedom Sep 21 #18
Bunch cilla4progress Sep 20 #15
Between that voice and face he would be a hard person to be in a romantic relationship with! kimbutgar Sep 20 #16
..... Skittles Sep 21 #17
Nuzzi-journalist? or influencer/personality? delisen Sep 22 #19

TexasBushwhacker

(20,697 posts)
10. Her career is still active
Fri Sep 20, 2024, 08:24 AM
Sep 20

She just finished up Curb Your Enthusiasm this year. She was in 110 episodes over its 24 year run.

moniss

(6,009 posts)
9. Well at least it would be interesting
Fri Sep 20, 2024, 08:22 AM
Sep 20

to be in the same room when he tells Cheryl "Honey it wasn't me. I didn't really want to do that with her. The brain worm took hold of my self control."

Random Boomer

(4,258 posts)
13. She's lost all professional credibility
Fri Sep 20, 2024, 09:06 AM
Sep 20

Honestly, any woman who showed even a hint of romantic interest in that Kennedy fruitcake has to be a little off-kilter herself. I mean, seriously, has she NO standards?

kimbutgar

(23,447 posts)
16. Between that voice and face he would be a hard person to be in a romantic relationship with!
Fri Sep 20, 2024, 02:13 PM
Sep 20

I feel for Cheryl but she knew he was a cheating dog when she married him. I hope see divorces him after this news.

delisen

(6,532 posts)
19. Nuzzi-journalist? or influencer/personality?
Sun Sep 22, 2024, 04:57 PM
Sep 22

Hard to take the Nuzzis and Habermans seriously as journalists since the blurring of news and entertainment began some years ago with the unrestrained growth of media giants.

Nuzzi might as well audition for Real Houswives of ……. Haberman is proof that just because your Dad was a journalist, doesn’t make you one.

I am glad to sees what seems to be a resurrection of small free and independent press around the country. They are filling a journalism vacuum.

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