Chris Cuomo Threatens to Throw Man Down Stairs for Calling Him ‘Fredo’
Written by SOURCE on August 13, 2019
CNN’s Chris Cuomo was not happy when a man called him “Fredo,” the character from The Godfather.
Cuomo, the younger brother of New York governor Andrew Cuomo, proceeded to tell the man that he would “fucking ruin” his “shit” and “fucking throw you down these stairs like a fucking punk.” The news anchor also compared being called “Fredo” to the n-word. “Punk ass bitches from the right call me Fredo. My name is Chris Cuomo. I’m an anchor on CNN. Fredo is from The Godfather. He was a weak brother and they use it as an Italian aspersion,” he can be heard saying in the clip.
It all happened on Sunday in New York, TMZ reports. Check out footage of the incident, which was initially released by the pro-Trump YouTube channel “That’s The Point with Brandon,” below.
CNN host Chris Cuomo has little to no chill when someone calls him “Fredo”. pic.twitter.com/w8pYFfq1Q9
— Matt Bevan 🎙 (@MatthewBevan) August 13, 2019
Many from the right, including Donald Trump‘s son, took to social media to slam the news anchor over the clip.
CNN spokesperson Matt Dornic offered support for Cuomo, writing that he “defended himself when he was verbally attacked with the use of an ethnic slur in an orchestrated setup. We completely support him.”
Chris Cuomo defended himself when he was verbally attacked with the use of an ethnic slur in an orchestrated setup. We completely support him.
— Matt Dornic (@mdornic) August 13, 2019
