Politico reporter previously engaged to Olivia Nuzzi won't cover RFK Jr. anymore

Politico newsman Ryan Lizza announced helium would nary longer screen stories astir Robert F. Kennedy Jr., owed to the alleged "personal relationship" his erstwhile fiancée, Olivia Nuzzi, had with the 2024 presidential candidate.

In Politico Playbook connected Friday, Lizza shared, "Because of my transportation to this communicative done my ex-fiancée, my editors and I person agreed that I won't beryllium progressive successful immoderate sum of Kennedy successful Playbook oregon elsewhere astatine POLITICO."

Lizza and Nuzzi got engaged successful 2022 but broke up immoderate clip earlier this year, according to the New York Post.

The Politico announcement comes connected the heels of Nuzzi, a prima newsman for New York magazine, being placed connected permission by her leader due to the fact that of the alleged narration with Kennedy.

BLOOMBERG SCRAPPED PR ROLLOUT OF OLIVIA NUZZI'S SHOW AFTER LEFTWING BACKLASH FOLLOWING HER DAMNING BIDEN STORY

Politico newsman Ryan Lizza, pictured with ex-fiancée Olivia Nuzzi, announced helium had agreed not to screen RFK Jr. aft Nuzzi revealed she had a "personal relationship" with the erstwhile 2024 statesmanlike candidate. (Getty Images)

The mag enactment retired a connection connected Thursday nighttime saying that Nuzzi revealed to them that she had "a idiosyncratic relationship" with a "former taxable applicable to the 2024 campaign." The Status media blog reported the idiosyncratic was Kennedy.

"Nuzzi acknowledged to the magazine’s editors that she had engaged successful a idiosyncratic narration with a erstwhile taxable applicable to the 2024 run portion she was reporting connected the campaign, a usurpation of the magazine’s standards astir conflicts of involvement and disclosures," New York Magazine said successful a statement. 

Nuzzi, the magazine’s Washington Correspondent, has done respective high-profile interviews portion covering the statesmanlike election. Among them was Kennedy, whom she wrote a feature connected precocious past year. 

NY Mag said it recovered nary grounds of bias successful Nuzzi's past reporting connected Kennedy, but the mag would not person continued to fto her screen the 2024 contention had they known of the relationship. Kennedy suspended his autarkic 2024 run past period and endorsed erstwhile President Trump.

NEW YORK MAG PUTS REPORTER OLIVIA NUZZI ON LEAVE FOR ALLEGED ‘PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP’ WITH RFK JR.

New York mag Washington analogous Olivia Nuzzi reportedly had a "personal relationship" with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. portion reporting connected the statesmanlike election.  (Photo by Anna Friemoth, courtesy of Olivia Nuzzi;Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

"She is presently connected permission from the magazine, and the mag is conducting a much thorough third-party review," the connection continued. "We regret this usurpation of our readers’ trust."

Nuzzi released a statement Thursday night, saying she ne'er had a carnal narration with her erstwhile reporting taxable but did prosecute successful "personal" communications. She did not sanction Kennedy. 

"Earlier this year, the quality of immoderate connection betwixt myself and a erstwhile reporting taxable turned personal," she said. "I did not straight study connected the taxable nor usage them arsenic a source. The narration was ne'er carnal but should person been disclosed to forestall the quality of a conflict. I profoundly regret not doing truthful instantly and apologize to those I've disappointed, particularly my colleagues astatine New York."

A spokesperson for Kennedy besides denied determination had ever been a carnal narration betwixt the two.

"Mr. Kennedy lone met Olivia Nuzzi erstwhile successful his beingness for an interrogation she requested, which yielded a deed piece," a Kennedy spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

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Fox News' Brian Flood contributed to this article.