Olivia Nuzzi was New York magazine’s star political correspondent when she was placed on leave in September 2024 after shockingly disclosing she “had engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign while she was reporting on the campaign.”
The “former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign” turned out to be Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a man 39 years her senior whom she wrote an article about for the outlet in late 2023.
Kennedy has publicly denied the relationship, but the 32-year-old journalist was ultimately fired in October 2024 – the same month she filed a protective order against her former fiancé, fellow political reporter Ryan Lizza. She alleged Lizza had hacked her devices and tried to blackmail her back into a relationship after their engagement ended.
She eventually withdrew her petition for a protective order, decamped from Washington, D.C. to Malibu, got a job as the West Coast editor at Vanity Fair, and wrote a new book, American Canto, that promises to share her side of the salacious romance that she maintains was emotionally charged but never physical.
The book is due out December 2, but excerpts published by The New York Times and Vanity Fair offer bizarre descriptions of the politician she never actually names but is clearly Kennedy. And Nuzzi is not the only one spilling the tea. Lizza is out with his own stunning, multi-part report on his Substack that serves as the “he said” portion of the ongoing he said-she said.
The saga is consuming both the media and political words, and, on Tuesday’s show, Megyn was joined by Emily Jashinsky, host of MK Media’s After Party with Emily Jashinsky, to discuss every absurd detail of Nuzzi’s book, Lizza’s rebuttal, and more.
Nuzzi’s Book
Megyn reads excerpts from Nuzzi’s book before she and Emily discuss the wild and intimate details she discloses, what it reveals about the state of journalism, and more.
Lizza’s Accusations
Megyn and Jashinsky react to Lizza’s shocking new allegations on his Substack about an affair between Nuzzi and former presidential candidate Mark Sanford, the sordid reality show soap opera playing out in the press and political circles, and more.
You can check out Megyn’s full interview with Jasinsky by tuning in to episode 1,196 on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you like to listen. And don’t forget that you can catch The Megyn Kelly Show live on SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Channel (channel 111) weekdays from 12pm to 2pm ET.