Olivia Nuzzi seems to have a new intriguing figure in her life once again.
Sources reveal that the journalist, surrounded by scandal, was recently seen alongside Shane Smith, co-founder of Vice. This has fueled speculation that Nuzzi, who faced job losses due to a purported affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., might be considering a position at Vice.
However, Page Six has uncovered that their connection extends beyond mere professional interests.
“It’s romantic,” an insider revealed with a hint of surprise.
The couple reportedly crossed paths in April, and according to a source, their relationship quickly blossomed from there.
Nuzzi had been the Washington correspondent for New York Magazine, but was put on leave pending an investigation after it was revealed that she had developed an intimate relationship with Kennedy while interviewing him on the 2024 campaign trail. (Kennedy claimed they only met once for an interview.)
Page Six revealed soon after that the pair had maintained a long and intense phone-based relationship, and that they’d even told each other they were in love.
Her then-fiancé, now-former Politico writer Ryan Lizza, wrote a bamboo-heavy tell-all about the episode, in which he also suggested she’d dated much-older ESPN writer Keith Olbermann and Sen. Mark Sanford. (Neither Sandford nor Nuzzi addressed the claim.)
Nuzzi meanwhile, penned her lightly read memoir, “American Canto.”
Vanity Fair — which had controversially signed her up as its West Coast editor — let her contract lapse.
Now we’re told Nuzzi and Smith — the deeply divisive co-founder of Vice, which began as an nihilistic underground hipster magazine, became a corporate establishment behemoth, went bankrupt and is now in the process of piecing itself back together — have been spotted hanging out in Malibu, where they both live.
Vice insiders told us that Nuzzi isn’t being considered for a job, and that Smith is “a single guy,” suggesting he’s free to have personal relationships. Nuzzi and Smith didn’t get back to us.