“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
— Forbes (@forbes.com) December 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
- In bad news for Olivia Nuzzi her much hyped book American Canto, about her affair with RFK jr, only sold 1200 copies its first week
- Worse numbers than John Fetterman’s memoir
- Nuzzi was a political journalist who became famous during the Trump years, was engaged to fellow famous political journalist Ryan Lizza, and who was fired from a plum position when it was revealed that while writing about RFK jr she had been having an affair with him
- In his substack Lizza also revealed she had had an affair with Mark Sanford and released sexts from her time with both men
- In an effort at rehabilitation Nuzzi wrote American Canto and was hired as West Coast editor of Vanity Fair
- She has since parted ways with VF
The only depressing thing about this is she didn’t take RFK jr down with her
