Olivia Nuzzi attends pro-RFK Jr. Substacker’s dinner in Hollywood

With friends like these, who needs enemies?

Olivia Nuzzi was spotted in Hollywood last week at a dinner party for a very unlikely pal: Popular pro-RFK Jr. Substacker Jessica Reed Kraus.

Kraus revealed in her Substack, “House Inhabit,” last week how Nuzzi, 32, was at Musso & Frank for a dinner honoring her online publication’s three-year anniversary.

Kraus wrote of Nuzzi’s attendance at the intimate dinner for 21 guests: “While Olivia may have successfully evaded the press since late September, staying away from HIH has proven far more trying. Details of their rekindling are said to be unveiled in due time, along with how she’s been spending her time in exile. For now, all that’s been offered is a snippet from her table introduction, where Ms. Nuzzi allegedly identified herself as ‘Jessica’s muse and sometimes ghost collaborator.'”

As Sun Tzu, or some Hollywood publicist, said, “Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer.”

Months ago, Kraus was covering Nuzzi’s explosive scandal — but writing sympathetically about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and trashing the former Washington correspondent.

Olivia Nuzzi attended a dinner in Hollywood for Jessica Reed Kraus’ Substack. Getty Images for Vox Media The Substack author has said she and Nuzzi were friends before the RFK Jr. story blew up. Getty Images

The Substacker wrote of her pal Nuzzi on Sept. 21, 2024: “As this scandal unfolds, I find myself questioning the very instincts that led me to trust [Nuzzi] as a friend in the first place,” calling her, “a full-fledged Kennedy fangirl” and “like a dazed schoolgirl discussing RFK, having lost the ability to view him objectively.”

But Kraus and Nuzzi seem to have “rekindled” their friendship. Call it water under the bus.

In January, Kraus wrote how Nuzzi attended her annual Christmas party, where another guest reportedly exclaimed to Kraus when they saw Nuzzi emerge from a photo booth, “What the f–k is Olivia Nuzzi doing at your party?”

Jessica Reed Kraus has written favorably about RFK, Jr. Fox Nuzzi has been laying low in Los Angeles. Olivia Nuzzi / Facebook Kraus wrote about Nuzzi’s attendance at her event.

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Kraus admitted it was a “fair question,” but that, “all I’ll say is that in the months following the scandal Olivia had spent in hiding, we reconnected on the West Coast. A twist neither of us saw coming, nor prepared to expand in greater detail.”

Kraus previously wrote while covering the RFK Jr. brouhaha last fall: “Regarding the current ‘situation,’ I hope you consider how difficult it is to publicly address a scandal involving a friend… It all began a few months ago, in November 2023, when I unexpectedly formed a friendship with Olivia Nuzzi, the Washington correspondent for New York Magazine. Our bond caught the attention of my audience, who were mostly amused by the unlikely kinship between mainstream and independent media.”

But the Substack scribe also alleged that friends of Kennedy “believe Nuzzi set him up” and even “tricked the married Kennedy scion into receiving her racy messages after he first blocked her number.”

Kraus’ Substack is celebrating its three-year anniversary. houseinhabit/Instagram Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his team have denied the fling adamantly. AP

(Kennedy — the son of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy — denied a fling with Nuzzi, and his camp said the two only met in person once for the profile story.)

Kraus also glowingly covered the inaugural Make America Healthy Again Ball, calling RFK Jr. and his wife Cheryl Hines, “poised and magnetic,” and adding Kennedy was “transcending scandal and slander to serve as a figure of resilience, embodying the perseverance of this community.”

Kraus wrote herself last fall, “my coverage of RFK Jr. has been largely positive, offering a nuanced portrayal of a complex man whom mainstream media delights in tearing apart.”

Kennedy is married to actress Cheryl Hines. Getty Images Reports have said Hines has given Kennedy an “ultimatum” to move her to Washington, DC. Getty Images

Nuzzi has been laying low since she left New York Magazine last October in the wake of the scandal, even though New York said an outside investigation found no evidence of bias in Nuzzi’s reporting on the one-time candidate during the 2024 campaign.

We reported in November that Nuzzi was seen at a dinner at West Hollywood private club San Vicente Bungalows.

Meanwhile, Kennedy expert Jerry Oppenheimer reported for the Daily Mail recently that “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Hines, 59, ordered her husband to move her from California to the Beltway out of fear his self-proclaimed “lust demons” would overwhelm his ability to fend off temptation while he’s serving as President Trump’s secretary of Health and Human Services.

Nuzzi was also seen at the San Vicente Bungalows, we previously reported. Getty Images for Vox Media

Hines and Kennedy’s reps did not comment when The Post reached out about the story.

“Cheryl doesn’t feel Bobby can be trusted one iota living on his own, in DC, even part-time, with so many attractive women and Kennedy groupies around, as he gets settled in his powerful new position,” a source told the outlet.

“So she’s given him a strict ultimatum — move me or else.”

Nuzzi was a star correspondent at New York Magazine. Instagram/@olivianuzzix

Kennedy’s philandering ways were well-documented in three diaries exclusively seen by The Post in 2013.

Either way, Kennedy and Hines have looked seemingly happy together in public in the months after Kennedy, 70, was accused of having a digital affair with Nuzzi, who’d profiled the then-independent presidential candidate in November 2023 for New York Magazine. (Kennedy denied the dalliance.)

Nuzzi reportedly started sexting Kennedy following the story, including allegedly sending him “demure nudes.” The pair even had “incredible” sex over FaceTime, a source previously told Page Six.

Since the scandal, Nuzzi’s been keeping a low-profile in LA.