Overview
- Nuzzi’s forthcoming book, American Canto, previewed by the New York Times, recounts that Kennedy said “I love you” first, called her “Livvy,” wrote poems, and pledged to “take a bullet” for her.
- She writes that Kennedy told her he wanted her to have his child.
- Nuzzi alleges Kennedy used psychedelics, including DMT, despite his public claims of long-term sobriety.
- She characterizes the relationship as a yearlong digital affair with no physical contact and recalls him saying, as the scandal broke, “If it’s just sex, I can survive it.”
- Kennedy’s spokesperson denies her account and says he met her only once for an interview; the memoir, due next month, refers to him only as “the politician.”