Political commentator Keith Olbermann has spoken out about his relationship with Olivia Nuzzi, the New York Magazine journalist placed on leave for an alleged affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Olbermann said that most of his relationship with Nuzzi was “really nice” and “wholesome.” He revealed that a story was being written in The New York Post about their relationship.
“Fact check: true. We didn’t do much to keep it quiet,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
“I just assumed nobody cared. Certainly it has nothing to do with the RFK stuff. I also assumed it had been covered online somewhere.”
The New York Post has advised me it intends to write a story saying that Olivia Nuzzi and I used to date.
Fact check: true✅
We didn’t do much to keep it quiet. I just assumed nobody cared. Certainly it has nothing to do with the RFK stuff. I also assumed it had been covered… pic.twitter.com/Zim6BIk4P7
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) September 23, 2024
“Nearly all of it was really nice and (god help me) wholesome. In fact it was she with whom I got my first dog and for that I’ll always be grateful to her.
“Anyhoo, I’ll put a few basic details in tomorrow’s podcast because bluntly if somebody’s gonna bring this up I’m not giving the story to them. What am I, the free Nuzzi News Network? But I warn you: it’s pretty boring.”
New York Magazine released a statement on Thursday stating that Nuzzi, the Washington correspondent, had acknowledged that “she had engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign while she was reporting on the campaign.”
Nuzzi confirmed to The New York Times that “some communication between myself and a former reporting subject turned personal” earlier this year, but she said the relationship was not physical.
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