CNN prime-time anchor Chris Cuomo, who got into an altercation with a man who called him “Fredo,” once referred to himself by the nickname “Fredo” in a radio interview back in 2010.
The comment from Cuomo, which was first resurfaced by the New York Post, comes a day after a video of his confrontation went viral. The two men in the fight exchanged words, Cuomo threatened him, and the CNN anchor accused him of using a slur by calling him “Fredo.”
Cuomo appeared on Curtis Sliwa’s radio show in regards to whether or not his brother, Andrew Cuomo, planned to seek the Democratic nomination for governor.
“There is a group of people — politicos — who always hint they might run, but not necessarily plunge all the way, and they are members of la Cuomo,” Sliwa said and dubbed the family “la Cuomo Nostra.”
“Who am I, then, Fredo?” Cuomo asked in response.
“Yes, exactly,” Sliwa said. “So you better be careful that your brother Andrew doesn’t kiss you on both cheeks and then all of a sudden they take you out on the middle of the lake and where’s Chris?”
“He kisses me plenty because he’s a great big brother,” Cuomo said.
Appreciate all the support but – truth is I should be better than the guys baiting me. This happens all the time these days. Often in front of my family. But there is a lesson: no need to add to the ugliness; I should be better than what I oppose.
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) August 13, 2019
Cuomo apologized for his role in the confrontation saying that he “should be better than the guys baiting me.”
