Overview
- Nuzzi writes that she and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exchanged “I love you,” that he called her “Livvy,” wrote poems, promised to take a bullet for her, and told her he wanted her to have his baby.
- She alleges Kennedy confided that he still used psychedelics, including DMT, despite public claims of long-term sobriety.
- The book portrays the relationship as conducted over texts and calls and never consummated, with Nuzzi saying she also offered him campaign advice in 2024.
- Kennedy and his representatives have downplayed or denied the intimacy, with a spokesperson saying he met her once for a single interview.
- Nuzzi’s account follows her 2024 firing from New York Magazine and the end of her engagement; she is now a Vanity Fair editor, and American Canto is scheduled for release on Dec. 2.