CNN's Jeff Zucker just said this about Chris Cuomo

The Creative News Network (CNN) is ready to kick butt and take dog tags when it comes to Chris "Fredo" Cuomo who was fired for helping his large nostrilled brother, Andrew "Handy Andy" Cuomo fight the myriad sexual harassment allegations made against him when he was the Covid killer Democratic Gov. of New York. And Fredo was also hit with his own sexual misconduct allegations and besides, he is a really crappy reporter, but the women like his buffed bod.

"Based on the report we received regarding Chris's conduct with his brother's defense, we had cause to terminate. When new allegations came to us this week, we took them seriously, and saw no reason to delay taking immediate action," CNN said in a statement.

At a virtual town hall with employees, CNN President Jeff Zucker said that he had "reprimanded" Chris in May 2021, and advised him that he shouldn't get involved in his brother's scandal. And if you believe that you might also be persuaded into buying a lovely bridge I have for sale.

Fredo, however, claims that Zucker was fully aware that he was helping Andrew fight the claims, [albeit in an unethical manner as he tried to smear one of the women who was handy to Andy at the time]. CNN has denied knowing about this claim.

"He has made a number of accusations that are patently false," the failing network said in a statement (per Daily Mail). "This reinforces why he was terminated for violating our standards and practices, as well as his lack of candor."

Besides being booted from CNN, Fredo has also stepped down from his radio show on SiriusXM.  To add insult to unethical behavior,  his book, "Deep Denial," which was scheduled to come out in fall 2022, has been scrapped by the publisher.

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The clincher of this entire story is that CNN refuses to give Fredo severance pay, which Zucker revealed at a virtual town hall with employees. This withholding of severance is due to the fact that Fredo was not forthcoming about his involvement with Andrew's defense, Zucker explained. "Chris had gone further than he had told me and told other members of our senior executive team," he reportedly said, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Fredo is ready to fight back, and remember, he lifts weights and is an Italian stallion. He is hiring lawyers to sue the network for more than $18 million, the amount left on his four-year contract. But CNN has "no intention of paying [Chris] Cuomo a penny. If he gets a settlement, there would be uproar," adding that "CNN has a standard morality clause in their contract that says if the employee does anything of disrepute, they can be immediately fired."

CNN is now looking for a replacement for Fredo's primetime slot and Brian Stelter is chomping at the bit and chomping on cheesecake for the job. 

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