Twitter explodes after CNN dumps anchor Chris Cuomo for helping sex pest ...

Twitter explodes after CNN dumps anchor Chris Cuomo for helping sex pest ...
Twitter explodes after CNN dumps anchor Chris Cuomo for helping sex pest ...

Social media users wasted no time in mocking Chris Cuomo after CNN fired the star anchor for trying to help his older brother Andrew Cuomo fight off a sexual harassment scandal earlier this year. 

Chris Cuomo has often been labeled with the nickname Fredo, the weak older brother of Michael Corleone in the classic Godfather movies. 

One online jokester, going by the Twitter handle @seth_3333,  posted a gif of an iconic scene from The Godfather II where the Al Pacino-played gangster gives his brother Fredo the 'kiss of death' after learning of the latter's treachery against the Corleone crime family, and was accompanied by the caption 'You broke my heart.'

CNN announced the firing of its highest rated show, Cuomo PrimeTime, after suspending him on Tuesday.

'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,' the network's statement began.  

The announcement went on to reveal that CNN had enlisted an outside law firm to look into how exactly Cuomo aided his brother, then the governor of New York, before sexual assault allegations from a dozen women spurred the politician to resign in August to avoid a likely impeachment trial.

One online jokester, going by the Twitter handle @seth_3333, channeled fictional mafioso Michael Corleone in a post poking fun at the scandal embroiling the embattled anchor

One online jokester, going by the Twitter handle @seth_3333, channeled fictional mafioso Michael Corleone in a post poking fun at the scandal embroiling the embattled anchor

Embattled anchor Chris Cuomo has been 'terminated' by CNN 'effective immediately,' the network announced in a statement Saturday - prompting a firestorm on social media

Embattled anchor Chris Cuomo has been 'terminated' by CNN 'effective immediately,' the network announced in a statement Saturday - prompting a firestorm on social media

CNN host Chris Cuomo (right) has admitted that he helped strategize brother Andrew Cuomo's (left) response to a sexual harassment scandal that forced the then governor of New York to resign earlier this year

CNN host Chris Cuomo (right) has admitted that he helped strategize brother Andrew Cuomo's (left) response to a sexual harassment scandal that forced the then governor of New York to resign earlier this year

According to the network, the firm found 'additional information' through their investigation that incriminated the newscaster, 51, spurring execs to 'terminate him, effective immediately.'

A slew of journalists also chimed in following CNN's announcement, including Huffington Post Senior Front Page Editor Philip Lewis, who speculated how damning the 'additional information' found in the outside law firm's probe must be.

'That “additional information” must be wild,' the journalist wrote less than an hour after the anchor's axing was announced.

Minutes prior, another news-minded commentator, Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple, gawked at the magnitude of the announcement while questioning why CNN elected to wait until the weekend to make such a declaration, after suspending Cuomo earlier in the week.

'This is a stunning thing for @CNN to announce at 5:09 pm on a Saturday afternoon,' Wemple wrote. 

Minutes after CNN's statement, another Post staffer, reporter Jose A. Del Real, similarly took to Twitter to lampoon the newscaster, who is accused of using his position and media connections to help prepare his brother and his political team as the then-governor's accusers started to make their stories public.

'Actually,' Del Real wrote in the wake of the announcement, 'CNN should fire whomever allowed Chris Cuomo to interview his governor brother live on air in broad daylight.'

'That’s where his conflict of interest became material,' the journalist joked. 


In an announcement released Saturday afternoon, the network revealed that more information had come to light during its internal investigation into the anchor - which is still ongoing

In an announcement released Saturday

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