Olivia Nuzzi attends the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at Washington Hilton on April 29, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
Married RFK Jr., 70, Bragged He Had ‘Intimate’ Photos of Reporter Olivia Nuzzi, 31
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s boasting to friends that star reporter Olivia Nuzzi had sent him intimate photos was what led the scandal to explode, the Daily Beast can reveal.
By Jonas E. Alexis, Senior Editor
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s boasting to friends that star reporter Olivia Nuzzi had sent him intimate photos was what led the scandal to explode, the Daily Beast can reveal. News of the 70-year-old’s bragging reached the ears of the 31-year-old New York magazine correspondent’s boss—who confronted her over the photos.
Nuzzi repeatedly denied an affair to David Haskell, New York’s editor-in-chief, but eventually told the truth. Nuzzi has now been suspended, and is being investigated over her journalistic ethics by an outside party.
Puck News reported Friday night that Nuzzi allegedly sent “demure” nudes of herself to RFK Jr. during their “sexting” affair.
Haskell confronted Nuzzi about the affair during a 5:30 p.m. meeting at the magazine’s downtown Manhattan offices on Sept. 13, a source familiar with the matter told the Daily Beast. The meeting was limited to just Nuzzi and Haskell.
Haskell told Nuzzi, 31, that he had been informed that Kennedy had bragged about his relationship with Nuzzi to others, including possessing photographs of her, and that they were in a romantic relationship.
Nuzzi initially—and repeatedly—denied the relationship, the source told the Daily Beast. Haskell gave Nuzzi the option to admit the truth, and she eventually confirmed the relationship.
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New York magazine did not comment. Nuzzi declined to comment. RFK Jr. did not return requests for comment.
On Thursday, after news of their “affair” broke, Kennedy forcefully denied ever meeting Nuzzi socially. “Mr. Kennedy only met Olivia Nuzzi once in his life for an interview she requested, which yielded a hit piece,” a Kennedy spokesperson told CNN.