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The Sordid Olivia Nuzzi Saga, Explained

All the worst people you know are back again.

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Clockwise from top left: Olivia Nuzzi in Miama, Fla., in 2022; Ryan Lizza in Washington, D.C., in 2022; Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the White House in 2025; and then-Rep. Mark Sanford in Chantilly, Va., in 2013.

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‘Bad things happen when you hear my name Deny your attraction, but I’ve got no shame.”

These are the opening lyrics of a song titled “Jailbait,” recorded by journalist Olivia Nuzzi back when she was a teenager and an aspiring MySpace pop idol, trading under the name of “Livvy.” The track is devoted to the singer’s attraction to older men with money, and, without knowing anything else, I’m inclined to believe Nuzzi wrote the words herself.

Jeffrey Blehar

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Jeffrey Blehar

Jeffrey Blehar is a National Review staff writer living in Chicago. He is also the co-host of National Review’s Political Beats podcast, which explores the great music of the modern era with guests from the political world happy to find something non-political to talk about.

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