(NewsNation) — New York Magazine has confirmed Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi is on leave after admitting to a “personal relationship” with a previous subject she covered.
In a statement to its readers Thursday night, New York Magazine said the relationship was with an individual “relevant to the 2024 campaign.”
“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 statement read.
“Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign. An internal review of her published work has found no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias. 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.”
Nuzzi provided a statement of her own to Status, who first broke the news. It reported former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the subject with whom Nuzzi allegedly had a personal relationship.
She told The New York Times on Thursday that “some communication between myself and a former reporting subject turned personal” earlier in 2024.
“During that time, I did not directly report on the subject nor use them as a source,” Nuzzi told the outlet. “The relationship was never physical but should have been disclosed to prevent the appearance of a conflict.
“I deeply regret not doing so immediately and apologize to those I’ve disappointed, especially my colleagues at New York.”
A Kennedy representative has told multiple outlets, including the Times, “Mr. Kennedy only met Olivia Nuzzi once in his life for an interview she requested, which yielded a hit piece.”
