RFK Jr. Once Had 43 ‘Mistresses’ in His Cellphone, Insiders Allege Amid Cheating Scandal
The more we find out, the more questions we have, because, seriously, what the heck is going on with Robert F. Kennedy Jr, better known as RFK Jr, and this cheating scandal? As many know by now, it’s been alleged that RFK Jr has cheated on his wife of a decade, Cheryl Hines, with political reporter Olivia Nuzzi, and since then, even more troubling details about RFK Jr’s philandering past have come to light.
In fact, per the New York Post, RFK Jr once, allegedly, had over 40 “mistresses” on his phone, including his now-wife Hines.
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Back in 2014, which was now resurfaced by the same outlet, he allegedly had contact information for dozens of women in an alphabetical list. Not only that, apparently, the names were all under the letter “G,” which his second wife, the late Mary Kathleen Richardson, believed stood for “goomar,” an Italian slang for mistress.
So, this resurfaced report got us thinking: did he cheat on his other wives? Before Hines, RFK Jr was married to Emily Black from 1982 to 1994 and Richardson from 1994 til her death in 2012. And so many accounts show he did cheat on both of them.
Let us explain: In RFK Jr.: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the Dark Side of the Dream by author Jerry Oppenheimer, multiple sources close to RFK Jr revealed his cheating put a strain on his and Black’s marriage.
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Now, what about Richardson? Vanity Fair revealed back in July 2024 that Kennedy was reportedly known for sending explicitly nude images to other women and engaging in multiple affairs.
Not only that, but before Richardson’s suicide, she instructed her sisters to publish his journal to media outlets, which detailed at least 37 affairs he had in his marriage to her, per New York Mag.
Now, why are RFJ Jr’s infidelities back in the spotlight again? Well, it’s been alleged that Kennedy had an affair with political reporter Nuzzi.
It was revealed earlier this week with New York Magazine‘s official “Note to Our Readers.” The statement read, “Recently our Washington Correspondent Olivia Nuzzi acknowledged to the magazine’s editors that she had engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign while she was reporting on the campaign, a violation of the magazine’s standards around conflicts of interest and disclosures. Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign.” Nuzzi is “currently on leave from the magazine, and the magazine is conducting a more thorough third-party review.”
Nuzzi later clarified what had happened, claiming it “was never physical,” but their emotional affair began in December 2023, just after her November profile on the then-presidential candidate was published, per The Washington Post.
“I deeply regret not doing so immediately and apologize to those I’ve disappointed, especially my colleagues at New York,” Nuzzi said in a statement to CNN.
How did RFK Jr respond? Well, his reps told The Washington Post, “Mr. Kennedy only met Olivia Nuzzi once in his life for an interview she requested, which yielded a hit piece.”
Many more details are still coming out, and everyone is wondering what the heck is going on.
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