Posted on 08/13/2019 3:38:34 AM PDT by bryan999
CNN’s Chris Cuomo erupted at a man who apparently called him “Fredo,” in a video that went viral Monday night.
The encounter between Cuomo and the man happened at a Shelter Island bar on Sunday.
“Punk-ass bitches from the right call me Fredo,” Cuomo told the man. “My name is Chris Cuomo. I’m an anchor on CNN. Fredo is from The Godfather.”
“They use it as an Italian aspersion. Any of you Italian?” he continued. “It’s an insult to your f****** people. It’s like the N-word for us.”
They went back and forth, and at one point Cuomo said, “I’ll f****** ruin your shit. I’ll f****** throw you down these stairs like a f******* punk.”
A CNN spokesperson told Mediaite in a statement, “Chris Cuomo defended himself when he was verbally attacked with the use of an ethnic slur in an orchestrated setup. We completely support him.”
(Excerpt) Read more at mediaite.com ...
I just heard the audio. When the guy says that to Fredo, I just bust a gut laughing. It was so obviously said with tongue in cheek irony after Fredo had erupted in anger.
It was just perfect at the right time. It was the perfect comeback you normally wish you gave when you think about it the next day. Kudos to the guy for being so quick.
LOL, I know, very quick on his feet. In effect rubbing Fredo's nose in it, and then allowing Fredo to demonstrate why he is called Fredo. It culd not have been choreographed worse for Fredo, and it was completely spontaneous.
Based upon Cuomo’s filmed reaction, he needs to be sent to an anger management class.
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