Nuzzi Memoir Details Alleged RFK Jr. Affair

Journalist Olivia Nuzzi has detailed an alleged emotional and digital affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in her upcoming memoir, American Canto, set for release on December 2. The book, which refers to Kennedy indirectly as "the politician," describes intimate exchanges that began in late 2023 after Nuzzi interviewed the then-presidential candidate for New York Magazine, where she worked as Washington correspondent.

Nuzzi, now 32, claims the relationship quickly deepened through texts and phone calls, though she maintains it remained non-physical. According to excerpts previewed by The New York Times, Kennedy, 71 and now U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, initiated professions of love, calling her "Livvy" and writing her poems. She writes that he expressed a desire for her to have his child and promised to "take a bullet" for her. Nuzzi recounts initially hesitating to reciprocate his feelings but eventually doing so, thinking, "I love him, I thought. Oh no. I love him so much." She describes their bond as intimate enough that she observed him flossing his teeth and noted the prescriptions in his toiletry bag.

The memoir also alleges Kennedy confided in her about his...