CNN Permanently Terminates Chris Cuomo
It’s officially over for Chris Cuomo at CNN. The disgraced host of CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time was suspended indefinitely last week after it was revealed he used his media sources to dig up dirt on women who accused his brother of sexual harassment, and today the cable news network has permanently terminated Cuomo. Via CNN:
CNN said Saturday that anchor Chris Cuomo has been “terminated” by the network, “effective immediately.”
The announcement came after an outside law firm was retained to review information about exactly how Cuomo aided his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, when the then-governor was accused of sexual harassment. CNN said in a statement: “Chris Cuomo was suspended earlier this week pending further evaluation of new information that came to light about his involvement with his brother’s defense. We retained a respected law firm to conduct the review, and have terminated him, effective immediately.”
“While in the process of that review, additional information has come to light,” CNN’s statement added. “Despite the termination, we will investigate as appropriate.”
While the contours of Chris Cuomo’s involvement with the governor’s office were reported several months ago, the specifics were detailed in a massive document dump on Monday. The documents — released by New York Attorney General Letitia James after an investigation into the governor — showed that Chris Cuomo, while working as one of CNN’s top anchors, was also effectively working as an unpaid aide to the governor. The cozy and improper nature of the relationship was conveyed through text messages obtained by James’ office. The texts between the anchor and several aides and allies of the governor revealed that Chris Cuomo sought to use his connections in the press to help prepare Andrew Cuomo’s team as accusers started to make their stories public.
On the day his brother resigned, back in August, Chris Cuomo told viewers that “this situation is unlike anything I could have imagined.”
Cuomo is too toxic for MSNBC and too hated by Fox, so I don’t see him landing at another cable news network anytime soon. He’ll probably ramp up his already-existing podcast and try to become the next Joe Rogan (as if there could be anyone worse than Joe Rogan).
