Olivia Nuzzi on the scandal that upended her career
The former political journalist’s book recalls her combustible history with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
From The Times
November 14, 2025

Olivia Nuzzi loved him. She loved the politician, even though she was a political reporter and he was then a presidential candidate she had written about.

He called her “Livvy” and wrote her poems. He said he wanted her to have his baby. He promised to take a bullet for her.

This is what Nuzzi writes in her book, “American Canto,” never naming the politician who readers will deduce is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Olivia Nuzzi wears sunglasses and a black turtleneck. Her blond hair flies around in the wind.

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Her new book is described in The New York Times for the first time.

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