New York magazine politics reporter Olivia Nuzzi’s partner, Politico’s Ryan Lizza, confirmed the pair had called off their engagement in a comment about the ongoing scandal over her alleged relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Lizza, 50, addressed the rumors about Nuzzi’s supposed tryst with the former presidential candidate in a statement published in Politico PM Friday afternoon.
“Because of my connection to this story through my ex-fiancée, my editors and I have agreed that I won’t be involved in any coverage of Kennedy in Playbook or elsewhere at POLITICO,” the comment read.
Lizza and Nuzzi became engaged in Italy in September 2022, according to their social media.
It was not clear how long the couple dated, but they were pictured together on Nuzzi’s Instagram as early as January 2018 — just one month after Lizza was ousted from the New Yorker over allegations of sexual misconduct.