Nuzzi came clean to the magazine’s editors recently, confessing “she had engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign while she was reporting on the campaign,

Nuzzi, 31, did not mention Mr Kennedy, 70, who is married to Cheryl Hines, the Curb Your Enthusiasm actress, by name, but sources confirmed to US media the subject of the affair. Mr Kennedy did not deny the relationship, which Ms Nuzzi insists was not physical, and said he only met her once.