The absurd sex appeal of RFK Jr.
Support our nonprofit journalism November 25, 2025 The notion of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and sex appeal is risible, nauseating, and downright upsetting. But the New York Times ’ buzzy profile of Olivia Nuzzi this month, in which her forthcoming memoir, American Canto , reads like a diaristic slot machine of half-thoughts about her "digital affair" with Kennedy, in addition to the recent publication of Cheryl Hines ’ memoir, has forced the nation to consider the difficult and unsettling question: How can such ferocious desire be attached to a man as abhorrent as Kennedy? I didn't think I had it in me. But after questions like "HIM?!" and "Really, this guy?" bounced around my head like a weird incantation— I set out to investigate Kennedy's appeal and ended up in some very odd places . They include roadkill parallels, age-old "bad boy" behavior, and an unsettling carnality . Even some of the men in Jeffrey Epstein's orbit came t...