Politico announced reporter Ryan Lizza would no longer cover Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after his ex-fiancée was reportedly in a personal relationship with the former candidate.
reporter Ryan Lizza announced he would no longer cover stories about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., due to the alleged “personal relationship” his former fiancée, Olivia Nuzzi, had with the 2024 presidential candidate.
In Politico Playbook on Friday, Lizza shared, “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 and Nuzzi got engaged in 2022 but broke up some time earlier this year, according to the New York Post.
The Politico announcement comes on the heels of Nuzzi, a star reporter for New York magazine, being placed on leave by her employer because of the alleged relationship with Kennedy.
The magazine put out a statement on Thursday night saying that Nuzzi revealed to them that she had “a personal relationship” with a “former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign.
