Overview
- In Part 5 of his Substack series, Ryan Lizza alleges Olivia Nuzzi was “elated” after the affair story broke and that she and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. coordinated statements.
- Lizza says Tucker Carlson told Nuzzi to fear for her life and offered to send her a shotgun, and he recounts Carlson viewing the saga as a plot tied to Israel to harm Donald Trump after dining with Kennedy.
- The series portrays Kennedy adviser Gavin de Becker as monitoring Nuzzi’s loyalty, with Lizza describing his outreach as intimidating; these details remain Lizza’s assertions.
- Lizza recounts a crisis “war room” led by Nuzzi’s agent Rachel Adler with former CNN spokesman Matt Dornic, and says multiple outlets declined to print claims they disputed as Status broke the initial story.
- Kennedy’s team denies any physical relationship and he remains HHS secretary without notable congressional action, while Nuzzi has exited Vanity Fair and her book American Canto sold about 1,165 first‑week copies per Circana BookScan.