Olivia Nuzzi Details RFK Jr. Affair in New Book

Kennedy has been married to actress Cheryl Hines since 2014, while Nuzzi was engaged at the time to fellow political journalist Ryan Lizza, whom she would go on to sue in September 2024 as their relationship dissolved in public view. (She eventually dropped her protective order against Lizza.)

Nuzzi reportedly writes that she and Kennedy chose their favorite parts of each other — hers was his nose, while his was her mouth — and they shared a "common language, common skepticisms, common ideas about what was beautiful, common beliefs about what was valuable," according to the Times.

It remains unclear how their alleged fling became public in September 2024, though Nuzzi blames Lizza, according to the Times.

Nuzzi also writes that she and Kennedy disclosed personal details about their lives: He allegedly told her that he still uses psychedelics and smoked dimethyltryptamine, or DMT. She shared with him that she “liked uppers" and took Adderall, according to the Times.

She writes in the book that she provided him advice about how to manage campaign issues, but told the Times that she and Kennedy are no longer in touch and it's been a year since she last spoke with him.

When the scandal broke publicly last fall, before they cut off communication, she seemingly offered to help him get through the backlash, claiming in her book that he had said, "If it's just sex, I can survive it," according to the Times.