Posted on 08/13/2019 3:38:34 AM PDT by bryan999
CNNs 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. Im an anchor on CNN. Fredo is from The Godfather.
They use it as an Italian aspersion. Any of you Italian? he continued. Its an insult to your f****** people. Its like the N-word for us.
They went back and forth, and at one point Cuomo said, Ill f****** ruin your shit. Ill 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.
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Isn’t Fredo pretty much like Beto?
“WHEN will the MSM stop LYING?”
When they go out of business. Maybe.
Rush’s nickname really gets to Cuomo. HA HA
This article hero worships Fredo. It really only quotes him and makes it seem like he’s such a bad-ass that he completely shut down a heckler by talking tough. I mean really, how many of you would let Fredo step to you like that and you would just cower and hide?
Fredo has nothing to do with being Italian. Rush coined the moniker in reference to a putz worthless brother who owes his place in life to his ruthless powerful brother. Rush must be beaming on hearing of this confrontation.
Hope Fredo doesn’t look at Twitter this morning...
How does he keep his job after that? The guy did not ask to be interviewed by this marroon.
Sorry Chris, but your name is gender neutral, and that chip on your shoulder is bigger than your head.
Fredo is at least a male name.
Right, Rush is working the “loser sibling” angle with the name. Cuomo pretends he’s offended by its being an ethnic slur but really it’s the loser sibling thing that has stung him.
The insult isn't particularly Italian, although Fredo was in a fictional Italian family. It's more of a post-turtle insult--that he's prominent because of his father and brother. And that's why its a real insult and triggered him.
He got all wop-sided when called Fredo...
I dont remember reading of any Italians on the slave plantations..... so how could Chris equate Fredo to the N word? Isnt that racist?
Cuomo is a Fredo-cat. Fredo-cat. Fredo-cat.
The guy was wrong about one thing, saying he’s much more reasonable in person than on TV. Cuomo can across as a punk, hiding behind the false narrative that Fredo has anything to do with Italians. It’s a pseudonym for a weak dumb loser person who think’s he’s smart.
Cuomo should be asked to take time off, he’s imbalanced and needs therapy. I guess that whole Fredo thing is really eating him alive.
I got in trouble once for using inscrutable. As if Asians are totally scrutable.
"Fredo" has ZERO to do with ethnicity and everything to do with "LOSER". It's a synonym for total loser - for a person who is dumb as a rock and believes he's "smart" but everyone else knows he's a loser, but he doesn't see it.
I'm 1/2 Sicilian and Cuomo is an embarrassment to Italians.
The guy was wrong about one thing, saying hes much more reasonable in person than on TV.
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That was some priceless sarcasm from the provocateur that flew right over your head. That guy taunting him was fantastic and I’m guessing by his composure and mannerisms would have hurt Cuomo badly and quickly if Fredo chose to swing at him rather than just scream like a child.
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