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Scene Co-host Sunny Hostin I have been dissected Vanity Fair The first memoir by editor Olivia Nuzzi, detailing her alleged digital affair with US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Published on Tuesday, American Canto It includes explosive details of the 32-year-old journalist’s alleged sexting scandal with Kennedy during the 2024 presidential campaign.
“I have only read excerpts from his book. In my opinion it is poorly written,” Hostin, 57, said on Friday’s episode Scene,
“I look at journalists as kind of public servants, and I don’t think they are,” she said. “I think she took this payday, wrote a memoir that didn’t reveal everything; it’s very self-serving.
“And when you know something about someone like RFK Jr., who has the potential to be secretary of health, and you don’t put that information in writing or even to the committee, I think you’ve disgraced yourself.”
Hostin said the situation reminded him of disgraced former national security adviser John Bolton, Who have been accused of misuse of classified documents.
“She got a $2 million book deal and she knew all this stuff about President Trump during the impeachment hearings,” the co-host said. “And instead of testifying, he wrote a book and made $2 million. I think he failed the American people just like [Nuzzi] Is.”
In 2020, Bolton was released The Room Where It Happened: A White House MemoirAn account of his time working under the first Trump administration.
Nuzzi joins Vanity Fair As West Coast editor in September, About a year after leaving his post as new york magazine‘S Washington DC correspondent, Following an internal and external investigation into her alleged undisclosed affair with the 71-year-old Kennedy.
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The controversial Health Secretary has denied claims he had an extramarital affair with Nuzzi. A Kennedy spokesman said, “Mr. Kennedy met Olivia Nuzzi for an interview only once in his life.” Vanity Fair In September 2024.
Whereas new york magazine Assuring readers that his investigation found no evidence that his alleged relationship with Kennedy led to any bias or inaccuracies in his coverage, he announced that he had reached an agreement with Nuzzi that “the best way to move forward is to part ways.”
A statement at the time said, “Nuzzi is a uniquely talented writer and we are proud to publish her work during her nearly eight years as our Washington correspondent. We wish her all the best.”
Before the release of his memoir, Nuzzi’s scorned ex-fiancé, Ryan LizzaSubstack published a series positions for their independent publication Telos NewsClaiming that his former partner Cheated on her with RFK Jr.
Lisa detailed Erotic poem Kennedy reportedly wrote to Nuzzi In the second part of their series in 2024.
According to Liza, Kennedy wrote to Nuzzi, “You’re waiting for me to harvest you with your mouth open.” “Drink from me love.”
Nuzzi has rejected Liza’s allegations, calling them “revenge porn” and “another attempt to harass, humiliate and harm me, until I am as destroyed as she feels. This is abuse I am all too familiar with and has now been transferred to the public square and dressed up as some kind of great crusader.”
“To that point: If he has any explosive information in the public interest, the only responsible way to handle that information would be to quietly send it to an outlet free of his conflicts; however, there is no glory in that, and no subscribers,” she wrote. Post Emily Sundberg’s Substack newsletter on Feed Me.
“This obsessive and violating fan fiction-slash-revenge porn written by him would not meet the standards for publication on any legitimate outlet.”
Liza has since responded to Nuzzi’s comments, stating Independent: “Telling the truth is not oppression.”