CNN host Chris Cuomo went ballistic over a man calling him ‘Fredo,’ the name of the ‘weak’ middle brother in The Godfather. Cuomo threatened to throw the man down the stairs, arguing it was akin to using the n-word.
A video has surfaced online showing a man who appears to be CNN prime time host Chris Cuomo in a bitter argument with a bespectacled man who apparently had just called him “Fredo.”
The footage starts with an agitated Cuomo erupting into an expletive-ridden rant while accusing the man of hurling an ethnic slur at him.
“My name is Chris Cuomo. I’m an anchor on CNN. Fredo was from The Godfather. He was the weak brother. And they use it as an Italian aspersion. Are any of you Italian? Are you Italian? It's a f*cking insult to your people. It's an insult to your f*cking people. It’s like the n-word for us,” Cuomo says.
The other man goes on the defensive, telling Cuomo that he “seems to be a much more reasonable guy in person” than on television. However, that innocuous piece of flattery does little to placate the anchor, who says: “If you want to play, we’ll f*cking play” and goes on with his rant peppered with profanities.
“Don't f*cking insult me like that. You called me Fredo, like I call you 'punk b*ch,” Cuomo says, insisting that the man had deliberately insulted him, despite the former’s protesting that he genuinely believed Cuomo's name was ‘Fredo.’
Also on rt.com As obsession with Trump tanks CNN ratings, network doubles downThat argument seems to only add fuel to the fire of Cuomo’s anger, who switches up to physical threats.
“You’re going to have a f*cking problem. I’ll f*cking ruin your sh*t. I'll f*cking throw you down the stairs like a f*cking punk,” Cuomo says with his temper flaring.
The footage which is said to have been taken at an event in New York on Sunday, has been making rounds on social media, sparking a Twitter moment of its own. Conservative commentators, including US President Donald Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. derided Cuomo’s reaction to being called “Fredo” while dismissing the alleged racial connotation of the word.
CNN stood by their host, with spokesperson Matt Dornic apparently confirming that it was Cuomo in the viral video while saying that he “defended himself when he was verbally attacked with the use of an ethnic slur in an orchestrated setup.”
The original video was published by YouTube’s channel ‘THAT’S THE Point with Brandon’ which said that it had been sent in by a fan. Unlikely though it may sound, TTP says that the man featured in the video did not know Cuomo’s real name as he heard of him only through The Rush Limbaugh show, who repeatedly referred to Cuomo as “Fredo.” The channel reported that the man was a “news fan” and simply wanted to take a photo with the prominent TV personality when Cuomo burst into his tirade.
‘Fredo’ or Frederico Corleone is a fictional character in The Godfather, who is portrayed as the weakest of three brothers of the criminal clan. Cuomo has Italian heritage, both his mother and father being of Italian origin.
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Source : RT - Daily news
‘I’ll f*cking ruin your sh*t’: CNN’s Chris Cuomo gets foul-mouthed over ‘ethnic slur’
‘I’ll f*cking ruin your sh*t’: CNN’s Chris Cuomo gets foul-mouthed over ‘ethnic slur’
