The viral video of Chris Cuomo going berserk over being called “Fredo,” explained
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During a heated bar confrontation, the CNN host said getting called “Fredo” was “like the n-word.”
A confrontation between right-wing provocateurs and a CNN star (who also happens to be the brother of the governor of New York). An insult that may or may not be an ethnic slur. Lots of profanity, a near-brawl — and all of it caught on tape.
Candid camera footage of CNN host Chris Cuomo getting into a heated confrontation in a public setting with a group of men on Sunday has all of that and then some. So it’s no surprise that it quickly went viral on Monday evening, and became a major topic of discussion the next day.
CNN stood by its primetime host, but the viral video had stirred up a wave of controversy, highlighting the risks that come with being a politically divisive figure in the public sphere in the era of Trump.
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