Journalist Ryan Lizza suggests he has split with his ‘ex-fiancée’ Olivia Nuzzi in his first statement on claims she had an affair with former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Lizza, 50, is a co-author of Politico’s Playbook and the newsletter didn’t immediately address the scandal until its Friday afternoon edition.
However it the ‘mediawatch’ section, Playbook noted how Status news’ Oliver Darcy broke the news that Nuzzi had been placed on leave from New York Magazine after engaging in an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with RFK Jr.
‘Because of my connection to this story through my ex-fiancée, my editors and I have agreed that I won’t be involved in any coverage of Kennedy in Playbook or elsewhere at POLITICO,’ Lizza wrote.
Lizza was previously New Yorker’s Washington Correspondent but was fired due to allegations of ‘improper sexual conduct’.
But it is his personal life that is now in the spotlight now after Nuzzi, 31, admitted to having an alleged affair with RFK Jr., 70, that began when she visited his $7 million California home to write a feature article last November.
Olivia Nuzzi (left) shows off her engagement ring after Ryan Lizza’s (right) September 2022 proposal. He referred to her as his ‘ex-fiancée’ in a statement Friday afternoon
Journalist Ryan Lizza suggests he has split with his ‘ex-fiancée’ Olivia Nuzzi in his first statement on claims she had an affair with former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Lizza shot to fame after he released a profanity-filled interview with ex-White House Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci in 2017.
Scaramucci had been quoted calling former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus a ‘f****** paranoid schizophrenic and a paranoiac’ as well as implying that Chief Strategist Steve Bannon ‘sucked his own c***.’
The Mooch also threatened to fire staff members in the article.
Critics noted that his interview was unnecessarily vulgar, especially for someone representing the United States and Scaramucci was subsequently fired from the job after just 11 days.
Soon after the release of this article, horrifying allegations about Lizza himself also emerged – leading to his own firing from the well-reputed magazine.
CNN, where Lizza also worked, launched an investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations but found ‘no reason to keep [him] off the air.’
Politico scooped up Lizza and announced he would be co-authoring its premiere newsletter, Playbook, starting a day before President Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021.
