Olivia Nuzzi's Ex Fires Back, Says RFK Jr. Wanted To 'Impregnate' Her

Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza attend the CBS News White House Correspondents' Dinner after-party on April 29, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Tasos Katopodis via Getty Images Ryan Lizza ― the ex-fiancé of Olivia Nuzzi, the New York magazine political reporter who was put on leave after it came to light that she’d had an inappropriate relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ― has fired back at Nuzzi’s claims that he tried to blackmail her, calling the allegations a “last-ditch effort to salvage” her reputation. Lizza wrote that Nuzzi admitted to the affair, and that she told him it was a “toxic,” “unhealthy,” “stupid,” “psychotic,” “crazy” and “indefensible” relationship with “a 70-year-old ‘sex addict’ who told her he wanted to ‘possess,’ ‘control,’ and ‘impregnate’ her.” Lizza’s filing is in response to Nuzzi accusing Lizza of orchestrating a blackmail campaign against her. “No device of Ms. Nuzzi’s was ever hacked to learn any of this information,” Lizza wrote. “Ms Nuzzi’s own recklessness is solely responsible for the public ridicule, humiliation and professional damage she says she has suffered.” A judge granted Nuzzi a no-contact order from Lizza earlier this month.