Former CNN information anchor Chris Cuomo was fired from the cable community again in 2021 and was so upset concerning the scenario he was “going to kill everybody” and himself.
Cuomo opened up concerning the scenario on Anthony Scramucci’s Open Book podcast on Wednesday, January 15, saying, “I make a lot of mistakes. Sometimes for good reasons, sometimes for bad reasons. I’m very flawed. There’s damage. There’s damage that’s relatable to people. There’s damage that’s unrelatable to people that I have to deal with. That I try to deal with. That I do the work on. I still fail.”
The long-time broadcast journalist was let go from CNN after studies got here out that he had helped his brother, then-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, struggle sexual harassment allegations.
“I have learned to accept it,” he continued. “I had to accept because I was gonna kill everybody, including myself. Things can consume you… I really had to fight against that because… I got too many people counting on me.”
Cuomo now hosts his personal present on NewsNation, however admitted it’s been a battle to go from the No. 1 present on CNN to a present that hardly does over 60,000 viewers. “It’s hard to keep perspective on that because it’s kind of embarrassing,” he stated. “I will never be [No. 1] again,”
He additionally stated he believed he was “wrongly” let go by CNN.
“I am not going to bitch about it in the press. I’m not going to badmouth CNN because I love the people there, and I wish ’em well, and it’s, I believe, the best news organization in the world. But I don’t like how I was fired. I’ll litigate that. That’s arbitration, and I’m seeing that through.”
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