Gianni Russo, who starred in The Godfather, said Chris Cuomo made a fool out of himself during his viral rant, in which the CNN anchor likened the name “Fredo” to the N-word.

Russo, who played a treacherous son-in-law in the 1972 classic, told TMZ that Cuomo’s father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, would “smack him” over the tirade. Cuomo’s brother, Andrew Cuomo, is the current governor of New York.

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