Overview
- In excerpts reported by The New York Times, Nuzzi writes that she and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exchanged “I love you,” that he called her “Livvy,” wrote her poems, promised to “take a bullet” for her, and said he wanted her to have his baby.
- Nuzzi also alleges Kennedy told her he used psychedelics, including DMT, despite long‑stated sobriety, while she told him she took Adderall; these claims are presented as her account in the book.
- She says the relationship began after a late‑2023 interview, unfolded through texts and calls, was never physical, and that she has not spoken to Kennedy in about a year.
- A Kennedy spokesperson rejects the narrative, saying he met Nuzzi only once for an interview, a stance he has maintained since the revelations during his 2024 presidential bid; he now serves as Health and Human Services secretary.
- The saga cost Nuzzi her New York Magazine job before an outside review said it found no inaccuracies or bias in her published reporting, and her upcoming memoir has prompted fresh ethical criticism of the Times profile and renewed debate over journalistic boundaries.