New York Magazine’s star Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi has taken leave after disclosing that she recently engaged in a romantic relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the magazine said Thursday.
According to Oliver Darcy, who broke the story Thursday night, the magazine only learned of the relationship recently, and notably before Nuzzi disclosed it.
“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 the magazine told Darcy in a statement.
“Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign. 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,” the statement continued.
In a statement Thursday night, Nuzzi, 31, denied that the relationship was ever “physical,” describing it as “some communication” that “turned personal.”
“Earlier this year, the nature of some communication between myself and