The Year of Fredo: Chris Cuomo’s 7 Embarrassing 2019 Moments

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.

From Breitbart News

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:

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:

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:

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…”

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:

“Only in America,” Cuomo sarcastically tweeted in response:

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.”

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: