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Guys, I'm sorry, but it has to be done. We have to talk about the woman who sexted RFK Jr. All right, I know that that was an absolutely insane introduction, but that is, in fact what we have to do today. We need to talk about Olivia Nuzzi. Now, if you're sitting at home and you're like, God, I feel like I've heard of that name. Yes, you definitely have. So if you were following the Trump campaign back in 2024, 2023, you probably heard of Olivia Nuzzy. She is a political journalist. Was. Is, I guess still is a political journalist. And she basically broke the political airwaves when it came out that she had an alleged affair while covering the campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Now, that was the first time that I had ever heard of Olivia Nussi. Like, I'm in the media world. I, you know, pitter patter with the journalists. I, you know, talk with them. I do their interviews. But I am not in, like, the journalism world. And so she was not a figure that I was very acquainted with. And let me just tell you that after the last 24 hours, I am far too acquainted with this woman. And after this episode, you will be as well. And 24 hours ago, I really didn't care about Olivia Nazi. I didn't really care about that story. I knew that it had happened. I knew that she had like, you know, been fired or not been fired. She had left her job, she had escaped to the west coast to, you know, put the pieces of her life back together. I knew that she was writing a book about the entire, but like, that was not something that I was focusing on. That was until yesterday when I read a substack article from her ex fiance. Absolutely dragging her name through the mud. I texted my team jokingly two days ago and said, oh, wicked lady's reaction or dramatic reading of Olivia Nezzy's ex hanging her out to dry. Now yesterday, as you guys know, based on the episode, I was far more interested in Ariana and Cynthia Erivo's lesbian affair. Not lesbian, but you know what I'm saying. Hence what I did. But, but now things have changed because I continue to go down the rabbit hole. I went so deep into the rabbit hole that this was me last night in the car with Alex. This woman said, explaining the Nuzzy lizardrama to my normal boyfriend who has no idea who these people are. We had like a 45 minute drive into town last night and I mean I held him captive. I was like, you need to know exactly what is going on. And now that's gonna be me attempting to break down all of this for you guys as we also dive into why this story is so relevant considering our fractured media landscape. Because this does does feel like very niche content. Even though it's a bit more mainstream now. It does feel niche, which is why I opted against covering the story earlier in the week. But it just keeps growing and it is now so viral that I actually think it is becoming mainstream. But the cast of characters and their background, their lore is still a lot to take in. So I'm gonna try to break it down. So again, Olivia Nuzzy, political journalists. It all came out last year. There was some affair between her and RFK Jr. But it seems like allegedly it was a bit more one sided, like she was sexting. He wasn't really responding. But still, it broke politics last year and then this year, her tell all book and it is coming out at the beginning of December and so she has been doing press. She's back on the scene. She got a glowing profile in the New York Times which basically seems like it was written by a guy who was in love with her. You're gonna see there's a lot of men that are in love with her at the end of the story. And also Vanity Fair posted excerpts from this forthcoming book. But again, no one was really caring like, you know, Olivia Nezzi Poo poo. That was so last year. Nobody was really paying attention outside of this niche media journalist world until her ex fiance, Ryan Lizza, decided to drop some bombs. And, guys, that is where it got interesting. Because if Ms. Olivia was going to air out parts of their relationship and how the relationship inevitably ended and be glazed by the press, then he was also going to share his truth, as he should. And, guys, this substack piece is the most remarkable piece of literature I've ever read. I'm specifically choosing the word literature because it is simply that good. Now, this man, he posted the link to this article on X with no caption, nothing. He just dropped the bomb. And it racked up millions upon millions of impressions. And again, it is written like a Jane Austen novel. I mean, it is truly remarkable. I can't read it all to you. I'm gonna link it below so you guys can go read it. You can pause it and go read it now. Actually, don't, because I want you to be part of this cliffhanger, but I'm gonna give you kind of the run through of it. But basically, he lays out their relationship. It had been tumultuous. On again, off again. He makes a metaphor about how their love story was like an invasive species of bamboo that was growing in their backyard. He talks about their ups and downs. And then he takes us to. To the day that he learned she was cheating on him. And the story goes that Olivia had just returned back to their home after a work trip where she was covering a presidential candidate. And as he's going through her bag, because there's this whole thing about how he takes care of her. He's putting her shoes away. He's, like, putting her bag away. He finds a pad of paper from the hotel where she was staying. And the first line that he reads as he picks up this pad of paper is this. And now we're gonna get into his piece. Quote, if I swallowed every drop of water from the tower above your house, Olivia had written, I would still thirst for you. So this is the first thing her fiance reads. Unfortunately, the lack of a water tower on our Georgetown home's roof ruled me out as the note's intended recipient. I flipped to another page and saw a name on the first line of an unfinished love letter to him that included enough details to confirm a physical relationship and the hint of some kind of falling out. My heart stopped when I realized who he was. He was a famous politician, 32 years older than Olivia and well known for a sex scandal. But More importantly, he was a presidential candidate, a source, and the subject of Olivia's recent profile for the New Yorker. I started to build a mental map of the potential blast zone ticking through the concentric circles of our lives that her recklessness could shatter the privacy of my children. The wedding. Olivia was pressuring me to plan her journalism career and our book project. Imagine that you're me. Or imagine that you're reading this article and the whole time you're thinking, oh my God. Oh my God, it's rfk. This is the RFK story. This is how he fed up. This is crazy. Until you get to the final line. This is how he ends the piece. I was sure our relationship was over and certainly our book project was dead. She had crossed a journalistic red line. How could we write a book about the presidential campaign if Olivia had a sexual relationship with one of the candidates? I looked at the date on her aborted letter to Mark. March 5, 2020. Just a few days ago, I called my agent. We have a big problem. I said, olivia is sleeping with Mark Sanford. That's not Bobby. That is not Bobby Kennedy. We now have a completely new earth shattering story that is in the mix and he just ends it right there. A cliffhanger. Now I'm going to continue that cliffhanger by telling you guys about my friends over at Bon Charge. And today we need to talk about something that has become a total game changer for my wellness and skincare routine. The Bon Charge red light face mask. Now if you guys know me, especially in real life, you know that I am all about efficiency and and this mask delivers that. 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