New York Magazine said Nuzzi's relationship with a former subject violates its conflicts of interest standards. She said the relationship "was never physical," but apologized for not disclosing it.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is under federal investigation for an incident involving a dead whale that dates back two decades.

Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign,” the magazine said in a statement about star reporter Olivia Nuzzi.

The reporter said that “some communication between myself and a former reporting subject turned personal” earlier this year.

Reporter Olivia Nuzzi has been put on leave after she 'engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign' who CNN alleged to be Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

New York Magazine said Nuzzi disclosed to editors that she "engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign."

Olivia Nuzzi, the Washington correspondent for New York Magazine, is on leave after allegedly engaging in a romantic relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The news, first reported by Status, arrives months after Nuzzi’s profile story on Kennedy was published in the magazine.

New York Magazine has placed Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi over a “personal relationship” with a person relevant to the presidential campaign. That person, according to

Trump aide Lewandowski shared a link to Darcy’s reporting on X late Thursday before deleting the post a couple of hours later, according to Mediaite. It’s not clear if the removal was ordered by his Trump campaign colleagues in light of Kennedy’s high-profile support for the Republican ticket or if Lewandowski took it down of his own volition.

New York Magazine placed its star political reporter on leave after she disclosed a personal relationship with a former subject that reports said was Kennedy.