Olivia Nuzzi breaks down in tears when grilled about withholding damaging RFK Jr. secrets: ‘I was afraid’
Olivia Nuzzi, once a celebrated political reporter, burst into tears in a live interview with Tim Miller of The Bulwark. The question that broke her was why she had chosen not to share damning information about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. She confessed, “I’m terrified of the man I did not marry,” referencing her former partner Ryan Lizza, while insisting she was still “fighting to protect people who might find out where I was.”
Miller pressed her to explain her silence during Kennedy’s rough confirmation hearings. Nuzzi admitted she had heard claims that the 71‑year‑old had been using the powerful hallucinogen dimethyltryptamine (DMT), and she said, “He was telling me privately that he was not sober and he was hiding it not just from the public, but from his own wife.” She added that she could “only tell you so much” because she had not been the one administering the drugs.
In her upcoming memoir, “American Canto,” she describes the relationship as a growing love for the “Politician,” while also revealing she had provided informal advice to Kennedy during his aborted independent 2024 presidential campaign. When confronted, she acknowledged that she had breached journalistic guidelines, “I had f—ed up, right? I did something wrong.” She also recalled the pressure to keep the damaging material to herself, feeling a “real responsibility” toward the truth.
Nuzzi’s tarnished reputation dates back to New York magazine firing her last year after the paper discovered the email thread that linked her with Kennedy. Now, Reuters‑style journalism and a personal knock‑down have left her reflecting on how the path she chose has destabilized her life. She cut the interview in half, cried, and apologized to Miller for seeming uncomfortable.
Through Lizza’s recent tongue‑in‑cheek commentary on a Telos News substack, Nuzzi also criticized his current relationships: a former staffer from Vice‑President Kamala Harris’s campaign, Caroline Motley, a 28‑year‑old activist who has called herself a “misandrist,” and Lizza’s tendency to frame his harassment of her as a “public interest crusade.” She compared his writing to a “suicide bomber’s manifesto” and warned that any remaining evidence would be dismissed due to his conflicts of interest.
Finally, Nuzzi discussed the significance of her decision to wait until the book’s publication before naming her experiences. She recalled how taking some time to weigh the environmental cost of printing—“how serious it is to kill so many trees to print your book” —helped her maintain the integrity she felt she should keep. The release of “American Canto” on Tuesday marked a new chapter, for better or worse, for the former columnist.
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