Vanity Fair is parting ways with its scandal-ridden West Coast editor Olivia Nuzzi, following fresh allegations about her affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n
Nuzzi and the magazine said in a joint statement they have \u201cmutually agreed, in the best interest of the magazine, to let her contract expire at the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nuzzi\u2019s ex-fianc\u00e9 Ryan Lizza unleashed a series of new claims about her alleged affair and her behavior as a political reporter in recent weeks on his Substack, including an affair with former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford<\/a>.<\/p>\n Olivia Nuzzi parted ways with Vanity Fair after explosive allegations about her relationship with RFK Jr. were exposed by ex-Ryan Lizza. Emilio Madrid\/Courtesy Simon & Schuster<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Nuzzi had signed on earlier this year as Vanity Fair\u2019s West coast editor<\/a> and she had launched her new book, titled \u201cAmerican Canto,\u201d detailing her affair with RFK Jr. under the guise of an unnamed politician.<\/p>\n Nuzzi wrote a profile of Kennedy in 2023 when she was New York magazine\u2019s Washington correspondent.<\/p>\n The magazine ousted her in late 2024 after news of her relationship with Kennedy prompted an investigation into her work.<\/p>\n A rep for Conde Nast did not return requests for comment to The Post.<\/p>\n Olivia Nuzzi was engaged to Politico reporter and collaborator Ryan Lizza in 2022, but they called off the marriage. Olivia Nuzzi \/ Facebook<\/p>\n Nuzzi had been\u00a0put on review at Vanity Fair\u00a0<\/a>in late November, after Lizza published his first post, which claimed that she\u00a0cheated on him with Sanford when she was covering his presidential campaign in 2020\u00a0<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lizza, who is also a political journalist, has\u00a0unearthed evidence<\/a>\u00a0such as a handwritten note penned by Nuzzi on hotel stationary to the GOP candidate.<\/p>\n \u201cMark, I am sorry. I can\u2019t say that I wish I hadn\u2019t touched you, hadn\u2019t,\u201d the incomplete, abandoned handwritten letter dated March 5, 2020, obtained by The Post read.<\/p>\n The Conde Nast-owned glossy said it was also taking another look at\u00a0Lizza\u2019s allegations pertaining to Nuzzi\u2019s \u201csexting\u201d\u00a0<\/a>relationship with Kennedy and other conduct. This included claims that Nuzzi transformed from a \u201cjournalist to a political operative\u201d for Kennedy during their affair.<\/p>\n