Former MSNBC star Keith Olbermann talks about his “healthy” affair with Olivia Nuzzi

Sports reporter and political expert Keith Olbermann admitted that he was also with Olivia Nuzzi – the new York the magazine's political columnist, currently on leave due to an undisclosed relationship with former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Olbermann confirmed that he dated Nuzzi about 10 years ago, when Olbermann was about 55 and Nuzzi was about 21.

He said he only thought about admitting the affair publicly after the New York Post contacted him and asked for comment. The former “SportsCenter” presenter told the tabloid he thought their relationship was “public knowledge.”

“We didn't do much to keep it a secret. I just thought no one would care,” Olbermann wrote on X. “Almost everything was really nice and (God help me) healthy. In fact, she was the one who gave me my first dog and I will always be grateful to her for that.”

Nuzzi is currently under fire for her undisclosed relationship with Kennedy, for whom she created a portrait new York Magazine. Nuzzi told the Daily Beast that her relationship with Kennedy began after the profile was written and was “never physical.”

Puck News later reported that the photos were “modest” and were sent to the independent candidate. Kennedy's representatives stressed that the relationship was one-sided, and some of the former candidate's friends believed she had set him up.

The relationship with Olbermann began about a decade ago, so postOlbermann promised to provide further details in an episode of his podcast to be released on Tuesday.

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Nuzzi, who also worked for the Daily Beast from 2013 to 2017, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. She was previously engaged to Politico reporter Ryan Lizza before news of her relationship with RFK Jr. broke last week.

Olbermann has had public relationships with other high-ranking media figures and politicians. He previously dated MSNBC host Katy Tur in 2006.

According to the Huffington Post, he also dated retiring Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema in 2010 and 2011, when she was still a state representative and a member of the Democratic Party.

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to clarify that Keith Olbermann was not engaged to MSNBC host Katy Tur.