Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its contents scattered on the floor.
glad to hear you found someone who cares about you and makes you happy. plus your puppy!!
the times article was a painful and unfulfilling read and a vain attempt to be relevant. you have more than crawled out from the wreckage of betrayal and deceit and have much to be proud of. continued success
Yikes! Olivia Nuzzi? You escaped an atom bomb! That woman has some very big issues and thankfully you had some pretty blatant clues. Happy you found a great partner. Life is short! Live it now! No wasted time on people undeserving of your time.
You don’t owe any of us Telos readers any personal intel, so I hope that sharing your story on your own terms proves cathartic and healing. You were put through the wringer but bounced back like a champ. And you found your partner and a pup!💙🐶 Win win. We are all rooting for you!👊
Thanks Ryan for this beautifully written tragedy of your relationship with someone you thought was a loving partner. You have a special quality of openness with the welcome ability to cut through the excess verbiage so many love! Take care of yourself, your loved ones & that lovable dog!
A heartbreaking story beautifully written. I am so sad you experienced such a tragedy, Ryan. I am so grateful that you found someone who deserves your love and loves you. What a blessing for you both.
I have of course been familiar with your work over the years, and vaguely familiar with the "scandal." But I will confess I didn't pay much attention.
Then last week I heard you with Jim Acosta and Katie Phang break down the Epstein emails dump as it happened, and your work together as things broke was by far the most intelligent, trenchant analysis of what was going on, in medias. I was impressed. So looked you up. And then wondered if I remembered the Olivia stuff correctly. And then, around the same time, saw all the Vanity Fair photo spread stuff blowing up. (Which I found somewhat distasteful, frankly, and self-promotion.)
In any case, thank you for your work. I agree you have found a very good space for your talents. And deeply sympathize with you for having to deal with this other stuff. Good to tackle It head on. Also, for what it's worth, I'm cancelling my Vanity Fair subscription. Both because of this recent gauzy "it's so hard to be a beautiful woman" ridiculousness, and also because of their weird stuff with the British Royal family. (Cf. them interviewing Andrew Lownie, then not publishing the piece after pressure from "the palace." Better for them to have lovely tidbits about the Waleses than actual reporting on royal finances, I guess? It's one thing to be "a smart take of popular culture," and another to be complicit with the machines that power it.)
Best of luck in work and love! I particularly look forward to you and Jim doing more work together.
First off, I've missed your reporting and essays, I have been watching and wondering what you've been working on. When I first began reading this post, I'll admit, it read like a novel and I thought perhaps you were promoting an author. Turns out, the author is you and the story is your real life. My two cents is that you may be surprised to hear the crazy journeys that many of our lives have taken. It's not the specifics of your journey that make it remarkable, it's that it is all in the public eye. I definitely felt your pain while reading this and can say that you continue to have my support.
I’m sorry that you had to go through all of this. I’m sure you feel a burden lifted for sharing with us. It seems you are in a new place with someone to share life with and it’s real. This is how you should live happy with someone who you cherish & cherishes you and with your puppy. By the way how is your puppy by the way. I remember as you were asking for name suggestions you didn’t choose mine (Murrow)
Ryan live your life as this is where you should be.
I'm so sorry to hear this. You have nothing to explain to me; your private life is your private life, but I can understand how writing something about it at least memorializes the experience for you. It's tough to sort through a past experience like that, much less to deal with the current ramifications of it resurfacing. Honestly, though, I wasn't aware of any of this and don't need to be privvy to it, as your reader, and would completely understand if you wanted be silent about it, you have no obligation to me (as a reader) to tell me about it. However, it might feel like you do in a world where we're all online and in everybody's business.
At least she didn't tell you she was hiking the Appalachian Trail.. ;-) Sorry, I kid I kid. Don't worry about this, is all I can say, and it does sound like you dodged a bullet. Try not to let it interfere with your reset.
d'fuq ????!! I upgraded to paid just to share that astute comment. But what else can I say. Good lord, smh, this shit is bananas. Great Substack! (In general)
My jaw dropped at that last sentence. All the best in your new relationship.
glad to hear you found someone who cares about you and makes you happy. plus your puppy!!
the times article was a painful and unfulfilling read and a vain attempt to be relevant. you have more than crawled out from the wreckage of betrayal and deceit and have much to be proud of. continued success
Wow, Ryan… I am so sorry…you dodged a major bullet at least?
Yikes! Olivia Nuzzi? You escaped an atom bomb! That woman has some very big issues and thankfully you had some pretty blatant clues. Happy you found a great partner. Life is short! Live it now! No wasted time on people undeserving of your time.
That last line… mic drop 😯
You don’t owe any of us Telos readers any personal intel, so I hope that sharing your story on your own terms proves cathartic and healing. You were put through the wringer but bounced back like a champ. And you found your partner and a pup!💙🐶 Win win. We are all rooting for you!👊
Thanks Ryan for this beautifully written tragedy of your relationship with someone you thought was a loving partner. You have a special quality of openness with the welcome ability to cut through the excess verbiage so many love! Take care of yourself, your loved ones & that lovable dog!
A heartbreaking story beautifully written. I am so sad you experienced such a tragedy, Ryan. I am so grateful that you found someone who deserves your love and loves you. What a blessing for you both.
I have of course been familiar with your work over the years, and vaguely familiar with the "scandal." But I will confess I didn't pay much attention.
Then last week I heard you with Jim Acosta and Katie Phang break down the Epstein emails dump as it happened, and your work together as things broke was by far the most intelligent, trenchant analysis of what was going on, in medias. I was impressed. So looked you up. And then wondered if I remembered the Olivia stuff correctly. And then, around the same time, saw all the Vanity Fair photo spread stuff blowing up. (Which I found somewhat distasteful, frankly, and self-promotion.)
In any case, thank you for your work. I agree you have found a very good space for your talents. And deeply sympathize with you for having to deal with this other stuff. Good to tackle It head on. Also, for what it's worth, I'm cancelling my Vanity Fair subscription. Both because of this recent gauzy "it's so hard to be a beautiful woman" ridiculousness, and also because of their weird stuff with the British Royal family. (Cf. them interviewing Andrew Lownie, then not publishing the piece after pressure from "the palace." Better for them to have lovely tidbits about the Waleses than actual reporting on royal finances, I guess? It's one thing to be "a smart take of popular culture," and another to be complicit with the machines that power it.)
Best of luck in work and love! I particularly look forward to you and Jim doing more work together.
Dawn
A tough patch! Glad you've found a way out. Stay free!
First off, I've missed your reporting and essays, I have been watching and wondering what you've been working on. When I first began reading this post, I'll admit, it read like a novel and I thought perhaps you were promoting an author. Turns out, the author is you and the story is your real life. My two cents is that you may be surprised to hear the crazy journeys that many of our lives have taken. It's not the specifics of your journey that make it remarkable, it's that it is all in the public eye. I definitely felt your pain while reading this and can say that you continue to have my support.
I’m sorry that you had to go through all of this. I’m sure you feel a burden lifted for sharing with us. It seems you are in a new place with someone to share life with and it’s real. This is how you should live happy with someone who you cherish & cherishes you and with your puppy. By the way how is your puppy by the way. I remember as you were asking for name suggestions you didn’t choose mine (Murrow)
Ryan live your life as this is where you should be.
I'm so sorry to hear this. You have nothing to explain to me; your private life is your private life, but I can understand how writing something about it at least memorializes the experience for you. It's tough to sort through a past experience like that, much less to deal with the current ramifications of it resurfacing. Honestly, though, I wasn't aware of any of this and don't need to be privvy to it, as your reader, and would completely understand if you wanted be silent about it, you have no obligation to me (as a reader) to tell me about it. However, it might feel like you do in a world where we're all online and in everybody's business.
At least she didn't tell you she was hiking the Appalachian Trail.. ;-) Sorry, I kid I kid. Don't worry about this, is all I can say, and it does sound like you dodged a bullet. Try not to let it interfere with your reset.
d'fuq ????!! I upgraded to paid just to share that astute comment. But what else can I say. Good lord, smh, this shit is bananas. Great Substack! (In general)
Excellent writing as always Ryan. I wish you the best in your new relationship! PS we demand more dog pictures!! :)
Enjoy!
Wow. Such turbulence, but you’ve come out the other side with a loving relationship. Wishing you well.
I guess you never watched Fatal Attraction, Ryan.