Robert F. Kennedy Jr. allegedly cheated on his wife, Cheryl Hines, with New York magazine’s political correspondent Olivia Nuzzi.
“The nature of some communications between myself and a former reporting subject turned personal,” the journalist, 31, admitted in a statement Thursday night without naming the former 2024 presidential candidate, 70, who dropped out of the race last month.
Nuzzi insisted, however, that their relationship was not physical.
Sources told The Post that the Washington writer and the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy allegedly sexted while she was engaged to fellow journo Ryan Lizza and he was married to Hines.
Following her admission, New York magazine announced in a note to readers that Nuzzi has been put on leave.
“Recently our Washington Correspondent Olivia Nuzzi acknowledged to the magazine’s editors that she had engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign while she was reporting on the campaign, a violation of the magazine’s standards around conflicts of interest and disclosures,” the publication said in a statement on its website late Thursday.
“Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign.”
The magazine shared that “no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias” was found in an internal review of her published articles.
“She is currently on leave from the magazine, and the magazine is conducting a more thorough third-party review. We regret this violation of our readers’ trust,” the outlet concluded.
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While reporting for a feature article about the presidential hopeful, Nuzzi visited RFK Jr.’s Brentwood, Calif., home and they took a hike together in the Santa Monica Mountains.
She published the profile in November 2023, and they began their alleged fling shortly after, sources told Status, which was first to report the news.
“Mr. Kennedy only met Olivia Nuzzi once in his life for an interview she requested, which yielded a hit piece,” a Kennedy spokesperson told The Post when asked about the alleged relationship.
Nuzzi was engaged to Politico reporter Lizza in 2022, but sources told The Post that they called off their wedding within the last few weeks.
Meanwhile, Kennedy — who notoriously had affairs during his previous marriages to Emily Ruth Black and Mary Richardson — has been married to Hines, 58, since 2014.
The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” alum has yet to publicly address the news, and her rep had no comment.
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