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The Year of Fredo: Chris Cuomo’s 7 Embarrassing 2019 Moments

posted onDecember 31, 2019
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Article snippet: CNN’s Chris Cuomo experienced an eventful year in terms of political gaffes, public meltdowns, and awkward comparisons, all of which seemed to backfire on a number of occasions in 2019. The anti-Trump host took his opposition to the president and the president’s supporters up a notch in 2019, resulting in what has amounted to a sterling collection of memorable moments that now stand in infamy. Here are some of the CNN host’s top “Fredo” moments of the year. 1. Cuomo melted down after a man referred to him as “Fredo” — a nickname popularized by Breitbart News’s John Nolte. A video surfaced in August, showing the CNN host melting down after a man referred to him as “Fredo.” “No. Punk ass bitches on the right call me Fredo. My name is Chris Cuomo. I’m an anchor on CNN,” Cuomo said. “Fredo is from The Godfather. He was the weak brother.” He suggested that “Fredo” was equivalent to the “N-word” to Italians and hurled insults at the man, even daring him to punch him. “If you want to play, then we’ll fucking play,” Cuomo said, calling the man a “punk bitch.” “You know my name is not fucking Fredo,” he said, adding, “I’ll fucking ruin your shit.” “I’ll fucking throw you down these stairs like a fucking punk,” he threatened: CNN was reportedly “embarrassed” by the video showing Cuomo’s meltdown but stood by him, nevertheless. “Chris Cuomo defended himself when he was verbally attacked with the use of an ethnic slur in an orchestrated setup. We completely support him,” CNN... Link to the full article to read more

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