Overview
- Nuzzi and Vanity Fair issued a joint statement saying they mutually agreed it is in the magazine’s best interest to let her contract expire at the end of the year.
- She joined as West Coast editor in September on a temporary deal, and staff had been told the publication was reviewing newly surfaced allegations.
- Lizza’s Substack series accuses Nuzzi of additional affairs and assisting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s 2024 campaign, including a purported strategy memo and alleged “catch-and-kill” activity, claims not independently corroborated.
- Kennedy’s spokesperson has denied any physical relationship, and Nuzzi has dismissed Lizza’s writings as “fan fiction-slash-revenge porn.”
- New York Magazine previously found no inaccuracies or bias in Nuzzi’s published work but said she violated conflict-of-interest and disclosure rules; her new memoir, American Canto, drew harsh reviews and weak early sales.