Overview
- Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi issued a joint statement saying they mutually agreed her West Coast editor contract will end on December 31.
- Nuzzi’s memoir, American Canto, was released last week following a New York Times profile and a Vanity Fair excerpt that referenced an improper relationship she described with a politician.
- Ryan Lizza has published multi-part essays alleging Nuzzi acted as a de facto operative for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including writing strategy memos and conducting so-called catch-and-kill efforts.
- Lizza also claims Nuzzi had an earlier relationship with former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, while Nuzzi disputes his characterizations and calls his campaign of writings abusive.
- Kennedy denies having the romantic relationship described, and Nuzzi previously sought and later withdrew a restraining order against Lizza in 2024 after accusing him of harassment.