Disgraced ex-New York Magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi claims Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would often try to soothe her concern over an apparent dead worm found in his brain — telling her during their racy sexting affair: “Baby, don’t worry.”
The 32-year-old political reporter detailed the bizarre exchange in her forthcoming memoir about her scandalous tryst with the Kennedy scion, according to an excerpt obtained by Vanity Fair.
Reports surfaced last year that Kennedy had previously said a worm had eaten part of his brain and then later died inside his head.
“I loved his brain. I hated the idea of an intruder therein,” Nuzzi wrote.
What we know about Olivia Nuzzi’s relationship with RFK Jr.
- New York magazine’s star political correspondent Olivia Nuzzi was placed on leave over an alleged ‘sexting’ relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- The reporter admitted to a non-physical “personal relationship” with Kennedy scion.
- Nuzzi, 31, penned a profile on Kennedy, 70, that was published in November 2023, and sometime after that, the two reportedly began their alleged fling.
- Nuzzi’s fiancé, Politico correspondent Ryan Lizza, announced the couple had ended their engagement on Friday.
“He made me laugh, but I winced when he joked about the worm. ‘Baby, don’t worry,’ he said. ‘It’s not a worm.’”
The worm ordeal first emerged when the New York Times published a report detailing some of the past health issues Kennedy had claimed he suffered decades earlier.
“A doctor he trusted had reviewed the scans of his brain obtained by The New York Times, he said, and concluded that the shadowy figure was likely not a parasite at all. He sighed,” Nuzzi wrote.
“It was too late to interfere with what had already vaulted from the sphere of meme to the sphere of screwy legend, but at least I did not have to worry about the worm that was not a worm in his brain.”
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