Chris Cuomo says he’ll never be ‘who he was’ on CNN

Chris Cuomo claims he survived his fall from CNN but spent most of the recent 90-minute interview licking his wounds over his unceremonious exit from the cable news network.

“I’ll never be who I was,” the fallen anchor told former New York Times writer Charlie LeDuff and Karen Dumas on the Jan. 16 No Bulls-t Newshour podcast. “I was number one on the most powerful media platform in the world.”

He complained that he was “not allowed to say goodbye to [my show’s team]an office that I was never allowed to clean” and complained that his office supplies were sent to him “in boxes with half my penis broken.”

Cuomo, 52, was fired by CNN in December 2021 after it was revealed he helped his older brother, the disgraced ex-governor. Andrew Cuomo will have a series of sex scandals.

He called CNN “the best news organization in the world” but resented how his former boss, former CNN president Jeff Zucker, kicked him.

“He didn’t lie about knowing what I did and didn’t do. I have never done anything that needs to be lied to,” Cuomo said. “I never did anything to manipulate my brother’s media coverage.”

Last year, Cuomo began hosting a prime-time show on cable startup NewsNation, where he got several scoops, including an explosive interview with artist Ye, formerly Kanye West. But he is gaining meager ratings, especially compared to his previous spot, and even requires a new time slot for any advantage.

“I will never be number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 on some influential media list. I agree with that,” Cuomo said.

Asked if he has more creative freedom on his new show, Cuomo said he’s always had “control” but because of his news coverage last year, his “show is different.”

“I am emotionally and psychologically beaten and changed by what I went through,” he said. “My show is different because I’m different, not because I was in some leftist bunker.”

He also complained that reporters weren’t covering a viral 2019 video of him blowing up on a bully who called him “Fredo,” a derogatory reference to The Godfather, on Shelter Island.

“My name was Fredo [in front of] my 9 year old daughter and all the media reported it and none of them reported it. I wonder why, he said. “Because it saves me from being a bully.”