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The ongoing drama between Olivia Nuzzi and her ex Ryan Lizza has now given us access to something that (presumably) no one asked for: explicit poetry written by Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who is currently serving as the 26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
You might remember how, last September, Olivia was placed on leave by New York magazine because of a “personal relationship” she had with a reporting subject later revealed to be RFK Jr. At the time of the alleged affair, which Olivia has said was never physical, she was engaged to Ryan, who is also a journalist.
Now that Olivia’s book, American Canto, is officially coming out in December 2025, Ryan has decided to share more information about the alleged affair from his perspective. That means we all have the pleasure of reading salacious poetry allegedly penned by RFK Jr.
Some of the poems are apparently “too explicit to print.”
In a post shared via his Substack, Ryan reveals that he found a note or poem written by RFK Jr., and suggests that he has spared us the most disturbing details. “The poem—let’s call it “American Canyon”—and many others, too explicit to print, changed everything,” he wrote. “(Thanks to Bobby, I am now aware of something called felching.)”
He did share one of the poems that RFK Jr. allegedly wrote to his then-fiancée though. “Yr open mouth awaiting my harvest,” Bobby reportedly wrote. “Drink from me Love.” (Somehow the other poems were worse?)
And RFK Jr. didn’t stop there. “I mean to squeeze your cheeks to force open your mouth,” he allegedly continued. “I’ll hold your nose as you look up at me to encourage you to swallow. ‘Don’t spill a drop’. I am a river You are my canyon. I mean to flow through you. I mean to subdue and tame you. My Love.”
Previously, Ryan claimed that Bobby told Olivia he wanted to “impregnate” her.
The explicit poetry is not all that surprising given what Ryan has said about the alleged affair in the past. In an October 2024 court filing, Ryan claimed that Olivia described the relationship with RFK Jr. as “stupid,” “psychotic” and “unhealthy.”
He also alleged that Olivia had previously told him about how RFK Jr. said he wanted to “possess,” “control,” and “impregnate” her. Olivia’s book comes out on December 2, 2025. Based on an excerpt shared by Vanity Fair, she doesn’t name RFK Jr. in the book, but instead refers to the man she had an affair with as “the Politician.”
However, given that she writes about “the worm in his brain,” it’s pretty clear who she’s talking about.
