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Vanity Fair is ending its association with Olivia Nuzzi, who had briefly been the magazine\u2019s west coast editor, as the publication distances itself from controversy tied in part to her relationship with the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr.<\/p>\n
\u201cVanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi have mutually agreed, in the best interest of the magazine, to let her contract expire at the end of the year,\u201d publisher Cond\u00e9 Nast said in a statement on Friday shared with the New York Times.<\/p>\n
For weeks, questions surrounded the fate of Nuzzi\u2019s contract after the magazine was made aware of journalistic transgressions newly alleged by her former fiance, journalist Ryan Lizza. He claimed Nuzzi\u2019s connection to Kennedy\u2019s presidential campaign was more extensive than she had previously admitted \u2013 and further accused her of another relationship with a person she was reporting on.<\/p>\n
Nuzzi had joined Vanity Fair under a short-term deal set to conclude at the end of 2025, according to the Wall Street Journal. At the time, the magazine said she would focus on \u201cevents, industries, and culture of the Pacific region, as well as writing for the magazine\u201d.<\/p>\n
Her position became uncertain after Lizza began publishing a series of personal expos\u00e9s about her in November. In the first installment, he accused her of multiple professional breaches, including an affair with the former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, a 2020 Republican presidential candidate whom she was covering.<\/p>\n
Initially, Vanity Fair did not respond to Lizza\u2019s claims, waiting four days before issuing a brief statement: \u201cWe were taken by surprise, and we are looking at all the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Staff members at the magazine had also reportedly received little information about the internal review concerning her situation, as previously reported by the Guardian.<\/p>\n
A memoir by Nuzzi, American Canto, was released on Tuesday. In advance of publication, she appeared in a New York Times profile and photoshoot \u2013 and an excerpt from the book ran in Vanity Fair. Critical response to the book, which does not name Kennedy but addresses her entanglement with him, has been largely negative.<\/p>\n
During a recent video interview, Nuzzi shared sparse information about her professional future, saying she did not intend to return to campaign reporting and was not expected to do so in her role as west coast editor at Vanity Fair.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think shame is really important and I had fucked up,\u201d she told the Bulwark\u2019s Tim Miller. \u201cI did something wrong.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose ethics rules exist for a reason \u2013 they\u2019re really good rules. And I had violated that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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