Claiming “Fredo” is an Ethnic Slur
Chris Cuomo lost his cool when a man called him “Fredo,” a reference to Fredo Corleone, the weak brother in the movie “The Godfather.”
“Punk-ass b—-es from the right call me ‘Fredo.’ My name is Chris Cuomo. I’m an anchor on CNN,” a heated Cuomo responded to the man. “They use that as an Italian slur — are any of you Italian?… It’s a f—ing insult to your people. It’s an insult to your f–kin’ people. It’s like the N-word for us. Is that a cool f—ing thing?”
Typically such an outburst would be a reason to issue an apology or statement from such a public figure but instead, Cuomo just tried to act like the whole thing never happened.
