Vanity Fair Ends Nuzzi Contract Amid RFK Jr. Scrutiny

Vanity Fair announced Friday that it has mutually agreed with journalist Olivia Nuzzi to let her contract as West Coast editor expire at the end of the year, amid renewed scrutiny over her past personal relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current secretary of health and human services.

Nuzzi, 32, joined the Condé Nast publication in September after a seven-year tenure as a Washington correspondent for New York magazine, where she rose to prominence covering politics. Her departure from New York came in October 2024, following reports of an inappropriate personal relationship with Kennedy, whom she had profiled during his independent presidential campaign the previous year. New York magazine placed her on leave after an internal investigation found no evidence of bias or inaccuracies in her published work but concluded that she had violated the outlet's standards on conflicts and disclosures. The publication stated at the time that the relationship represented "a violation of our readers' trust," leading to her dismissal.

Kennedy, 71 and married to actress Cheryl Hines, has denied any romantic involvement with Nuzzi, with a spokesperson asserting that he met her only...