Fredo Cuomo did not have a good year, but that is to be expected, considering his family history starting with his father Mario and his brother Andrew and now, Fredo.
Fredo’s missteps have been unforced errors, and he has no one to blame but himself. But remember, he works for CNN, and anyone who can attract a few dozen viewers has obscurity at that station.
Cuomo is not only anti-Trump but he is also an anti-Trump voter.
But in trying to bash the president and his voters, he often reveals himself to be a fool.
He can’t help it, it’s in his DNA.
He really hit the roof when someone called him Fredo because he said Fredo is the weaker brother. Well, Governor of New York versus CNN host. I rest my case.
1. Cuomo melted down after a man referred to him as “Fredo” — a nickname popularized by Breitbart News’s John Nolte.
A video surfaced in August, showing the CNN host melting down after a man referred to him as “Fredo.”
“No. Punk ass bitches on the right call me Fredo. My name is Chris Cuomo. I’m an anchor on CNN,” Cuomo said. “Fredo is from The Godfather. He was the weak brother.”
He suggested that “Fredo” was equivalent to the “N-word” to Italians and hurled insults at the man, even daring him to punch him.
“If you want to play, then we’ll fuckin play,” Cuomo said, calling the man a “punk bitch.”
“You know my name is not fucking Fredo,” he said, adding, “I’ll fucking ruin your shit.”
“I’ll fucking throw you down these stairs like a fucking punk,” he threatened:
I assume @cnn not available for comment. Imagine their coverage of this if they were a real news organization? https://t.co/uH2biAkKUZ
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 13, 2019
A man in NY yesterday approached CNN's Chris Cuomo and called him "Fredo"
Cuomo: "You're going to have a problem"
Man: "What are you going to do about it?"
Cuomo: "I'll fuckin ruin your shit. I'll fucking throw you down these stairs"
Credit: "THAT'S THE POINT with Brandon" pic.twitter.com/4iWwzaSQpF
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) August 13, 2019
CNN was reportedly “embarrassed” by the video showing Cuomo’s meltdown but stood by him, nevertheless.
“Chris Cuomo defended himself when he was verbally attacked with the use of an ethnic slur in an orchestrated setup. We completely support him,” CNN spokesperson Matt Dornic wrote on Twitter after the emergence of the video.
Cuomo admitted that he “should be better than the guys baiting me” and “should be better than what I oppose” in a tweet following the viral video’s emergence:
Appreciate all the support but – truth is I should be better than the guys baiting me. This happens all the time these days. Often in front of my family. But there is a lesson: no need to add to the ugliness; I should be better than what I oppose.
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) August 13, 2019
The CNN host’s freakout prompted an excursion into his, as well as other left-wing personalities,’ past use of “Fredo.”
As Breitbart News reported, Cuomo referred to himself as “Fredo” in 2010, and a number of high profile figures — including Cher, Chris Matthews, Joy Reid, George Takei, and Ana Navarro — used the very term that Cuomo likened to an offensive ethnic slur.
2. Cuomo likened MAGA hats to “I Hate Black People” shirts.
In January, the Cuomo Primetime host likened President Trump’s iconic Make America Great Again hats to shirts reading “I Hate Black People.”
“It’s a hat with four words on it, but they can mean a lot to people. I’m talking about the president’s MAGA hat,” Cuomo said during a discussion with Don Lemon.
He continued:
Here’s my problem on this issue. Ordinarily, I’d go down the line, look, “be bigger than that.” But I don’t want to fold to the trap of underselling the significance of the trigger of the expression to people. I think the more appropriate analogy to say is if people were wearing shirts that said, “I hate black people,” would he be okay to say, “Don’t come into my place with that?” And I think most people would be like, “yeah.”
Lemon agreed, and Cuomo added, “That’s how people like him see the MAGA hat, so does that make it okay? I think that’s the right question”:
3. Cuomo seemingly defended Antifa.
During a CNN segment in April, Cuomo defended the violent group – and by extension, mob violence – suggesting that there are “certainly aspects of them that are true to a cause, that is a good cause…”
CNN’s Chris Cuomo says Antifa is “a good cause” pic.twitter.com/mCMgoyPszQ
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 30, 2019
4. Cuomo mocked a rape survivor’s support of the Second Amendment.
The left-wing host responded to an NRATV tweet in May that featured Kim Corban, a rape survivor who now carries a weapon to protect her family.
As Breitbart News reported:
Corban was raped while unarmed at the University of Northern Colorado in 2006. She was scared of owning guns before the horrid incident occurred, but during the assault she realized that without a gun “there was no way [she] could fight back.”
“Only in America,” Cuomo sarcastically tweeted in response:
Only in America https://t.co/rPfsxGU8Gh
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) May 29, 2019
5. Cuomo asserted that his preferred pronouns were she, her, and hers during CNN’s Equality Town Hall in October.
Cuomo made the remark after former presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) announced her pronouns to the crowd.
“My pronouns are ‘she,’ ‘her,’ and ‘hers,’” Harris said.
Cuomo responded, “‘She, her, and hers?’ Mine, too.”
PLEASE READ: When Sen. Harris said her pronouns were she her and her's, I said mine too. I should not have. I apologize. I am an ally of the LGBTQ community, and I am sorry because I am committed to helping us achieve equality. Thank you for watching our townhall.
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) October 11, 2019
6. The CNN host told his 243k Instagram followers his secrets to staying fit.
Over the summer, Cuomo posted a video of himself sweating on a piece of exercise equipment and told viewers that the “grind is the only glory”:
7. Cuomo attempted to call his mother on live television in order to prove Trump wrong, but his efforts failed miserably.
Cuomo called his mother during a live segment on CNN in November after Trump questioned David Holmes,’ a political officer at the U.S. embassy in Ukraine who testified before the House Intelligence Committee, ability to overhear his phone conversation with Ambassador Gordon Sondland.
“Let’s just play with that for a second,” Cuomo said, calling his mother. “Mom, can you hear me? Alright.”
“So if I were holding the phone here, I’m with Dana Bash, you know how you’re always telling me to let her talk because she’s so smart and I shouldn’t say so much? Can you just say hello?” Cuomo said to silence.
Cuomo told Bash that his mom “probably” could not hear him and turned the phone on speaker. His mother confirmed that she could, in fact, hear him. It was viewers who could not hear her, which essentially disproved Cuomo’s theory.
The awkward moment continued:
“I’m talking to you. Say hello to Dana Bash,” Cuomo said, appearing to press another button on his phone. It is likely, in that moment, that he took his phone off speaker, given how the remainder of the conversation went.
“Hi, Mrs. Cuomo. How are you?” Bash asked.
Her question was followed by silence. It seems Cuomo’s mom was answering the question, but her voice — not on speaker — was completely unintelligible and ultimately resulted in what amounted to another awkward moment of silence for CNN viewers.
“Alright,” Cuomo said, hanging up.
“This is not on speakerphone. It’s regular phone. It’s two feet away from Dana; she can hear my mother. I’m not sure mom can hear us,” Cuomo said in response to another individual sitting at the table who said, “I can’t hear your mother, Chris.”
CNN’s Cuomo trying to prove you can hear a conversation on another person’s cell phone (while on speaker, mind you) is the most ill-advised thing we’ve witnessed on live TV since Marcia Clark had OJ try the gloves on. Check with this video out: https://t.co/EK3GYVtnce
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) November 21, 2019
