Ryan Lizza breaks silence over 'ex-fiancée' OIivia Nuzzi's alleged affair with RFK. Jr

Journalist Ryan Lizza suggests he has split with his 'ex-fiancée' Olivia Nuzzi in his first statement on claims she had an affair with former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Lizza, 50, is a co-author of Politico's Playbook and the newsletter didn't immediately address the scandal until its Friday afternoon edition.

However it the 'mediawatch' section, Playbook noted how Status news' Oliver Darcy broke the news that Nuzzi had been placed on leave after engaging in an 'inappropriate relationship' with RFK Jr.

'Because of my connection to this story through my ex-fiancée, my editors and I have agreed that I won't be involved in any coverage of Kennedy in Playbook or elsewhere at POLITICO,' Lizza wrote.

Lizza was previously New Yorker's Washington Correspondent but was fired due to allegations of  'improper sexual conduct'.

But it is his personal life that is now in the spotlight now after Nuzzi, 31, admitted to  having an alleged affair with RFK Jr., 70, that began when she visited his $7 million California home to write a feature article. 

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Lizza shot to fame after he released a profanity-filled interview with ex-White House Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci in 2017.  

Scaramucci had been quoted calling former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus a 'f****** paranoid schizophrenic and a paranoiac' as well as implying that Chief Strategist Steve Bannon 'sucked his own c***'. He also threatened to fire staff members in the article. 

Critics noted that his interview was unnecessarily vulgar, especially for someone representing the United States and Scaramucci was subsequently fired from the job. 

Soon after the release of this article, horrifying allegations about Lizza himself also emerged - leading to his own firing from the well-reputed magazine.