Overview

• Semafor reported on Aug. 24 that new Vanity Fair editor Mark Guiducci has discussed a potential writer role with Olivia Nuzzi, with no formal offer reported.
• New York magazine said in Sept. 2024 that Nuzzi acknowledged a relationship with a former subject during campaign reporting and that she would not have remained on the beat had editors known.
• Nuzzi told People that communications with the subject turned personal, that she did not use the person as a source during that period, and that the relationship was not physical though it should have been disclosed.
• A source told CNN the subject was Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a claim Kennedy’s spokesperson has rejected as categorically false while saying he met Nuzzi only once for an interview.
• Court filings by Nuzzi’s then-fiancé Ryan Lizza, reported by CNN, alleged explicit messages and described the dynamic as toxic, and the scandal preceded the end of their engagement.