Vanity Fair distanced itself from journalist Kurt Eichenwald on Tuesday after he called a Parkland, Fla., shooting survivor "in desperate need of psychiatric help" in a series of emails that were published on Twitter.

In emails to conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, Eichenwald described himself as a contributing editor at Vanity Fair — a claim that set off a firestorm of criticism for the magazine after Eichenwald's emails criticizing the Parkland student were published. But Eichenwald has not appeared on the magazine's masthead for more than a year, with his last piece for the publication running online in 2014, according to a Vanity Fair source.

"Kurt Eichenwald is not a contributing editor at Vanity Fair," a spokesperson for the magazine told The Hill.

Eichenwald, 56, emailed Shapiro in an effort to determine if the "Daily Wire" founder was using Parkland survivor Kyle Kashuv, who has established himself as a vocal opponent of gun control after the shooting, to "advance an agenda" regarding Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who faces a boycott after attacking another Parkland student, David Hogg.



Shapiro shared the exchange with Eichenwald with his 1.29 million followers on Twitter.



"I just received this from @kurteichenwald. There are no words for how wild this email is. @VanityFair is apparently an odd place," wrote Shapiro as a caption to the email exchange.



I just received this from @kurteichenwald. There are no words for how wild this email is. @VanityFair is apparently an odd place.I just received this from @kurteichenwald. There are no words for how wild this email is. @VanityFair is apparently an odd place. pic.twitter.com/Ik1bfjoKyl — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 3, 2018 Shapiro shared the exchange with Eichenwald with his 1.29 million followers on Twitter."I just received this from @kurteichenwald. There are no words for how wild this email is. @VanityFair is apparently an odd place," wrote Shapiro as a caption to the email exchange. As Vanity Fair pushed back on Eichenwald's claim that he's a contributing editor at the magazine, Eichenwald claimed on Twitter that he was only just learning that he no longer had a position. Vanity Fair changed editors in late 2017, with Radhika Jones replacing longtime editor Graydon Carter.