Journalist Implies RFK Jr. and Olivia Nuzzi's 70-31 Age Gap Is Problematic, Recalling The Halcyon Days Of Twitter Hot Takes

September 20th, 2024 - 12:10 PM EDT by Adam Downer

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Images of Olivia Nuzzi, RFK Jr and NomikiKonst's tweet about the scandal.

Last night was a callback to the Twitter of old, as the RFK Jr. Olivia Nuzzi cheating scandal sent the site into a frenzy of jokes about the 31-year-old reporter entering an "emotional and digital" relationship with the 70-year-old third-party presidential candidate, whose campaign she covered for New York Magazine late last year.

It's exactly the kind of gossip Twitter feels like it was made for, and, as journalist Matt Pearce put it, it brought old "media Twitter" posters out of retirement for "one last job."

Just like dunking fiestas of old Twitter, one user had to stand up to have a contrarian take on everyone else's good time, spawning an offshoot discourse to rival the heights of the original discourse.

Last night, that soul was journalist Nomiki Konst, who implied that Kennedy had preyed on Nuzzi due to the 39-year gap in their ages.

Nomiki Konst's hot take

The proverbial bomb of "age gap" discourse, ever a contentious topic on social media as users continuously hash out whether two consenting adults can enter an affair with one another if they're of different generations, entered the RFK Jr. Olivia Nuzzi scandal, and many Twitter users were seemingly thrilled to dunk on Konst's take.

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An important bit of context here: Nuzzi is engaged to Politico reporter Ryan Lizza, who is 50 and was himself the subject of a sexual misconduct investigation that got him fired from The New Yorker in 2017.

Few were willing to buy the idea that Nuzzi, who again is 31 and engaged to a significantly older man, was somehow groomed by Kennedy into whatever improper relationship they reportedly had.

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Konst's tweet, though controversial, was like medicine for Twitter posters who missed when the site regularly featured wild hot takes that would inspire the site into memeing, the days when such takes as "'Himbo' is Ablelist" and "Fictional characters can't consent" appeared with regularity.

Several users expressed how overjoyed they were to see Konst's take (and not for its content).

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Finally, placing a cherry on this delicious hot take sundae — Konst blamed the pushback she received on Russian bots.

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Geigh Science
Geigh Science

I've said it before and will unfortunately have to do so again. Age beyond, like, 25 is not a power level. You are beginning to slowly degrade and by the time you hit your 70s, the degradation is rapid and palpable. OK, sure, children and teenagers can absolutely see pretty much anyone 20 and up as some sort of god simply due to the basic responsibilities and privileges held by adults in comparison to them. No contest there. But a 31 year old somehow being entranced and enticed by a 71 year old like he's an evil dragon with some sort of hypnosis spell? Get this neo-gnostic bullshit out of here.

If women can't even consent at age fucking 31 then we've just completely lost as a society. As a species. What the fuck are we doing out here?

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