Chris Cuomo EXPLODES as viewer slaps him with stinging label
Former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo launched into a furious tirade at a viewer who accused him of suffering from 'Trump Derangement Syndrome.'
Responding to comments on his YouTube show, The Chris Cuomo Project, the 54-year-old NewsNation host - who has previously discussed topics like aliens and UFOs - lashed out after one viewer wrote, 'Stick to aliens. Your TDS clouds your political vision.'
'You don't have any political vision, okay?' Cuomo fired back. 'You are the one suffering from myopia. Look that up.'
Myopia, commonly known as nearsightedness, is a refractive error where distant objects appear blurry while close ones are clear.
'You are the one who can't get out of your own way. You have Trump Derangement Syndrome. I don't,' Cuomo continued.
He then claimed to have predicted both of Donald Trump 's presidential wins.
'I called his first win. I called his second win,' he said. 'I don't necessarily like that he's what America is choosing, but I understand it.'
Cuomo went on to insult the commenter directly: 'You don't, because you just see him as giving you this power that your lowly, stupid ass would never have otherwise. I think we can do better than that.'
He added, 'I'm not running for office. I have to be fair. And I don't believe people like you should be judged the same way Trump is. There are a lot of people who are desperate for the right reasons - it's sad, it's unfortunate, and we should do better.
'I'm open to that. I am fair, despite the fact that I have to deal with assholes like you on a regular basis. If this were about my personal life, I might make different choices. But this is what I signed up for, so I will engage you.'
Cuomo wrapped up by clarifying his views on extraterrestrial topics: 'And I don't give a shit about aliens. I don't believe in little green men. I don't believe in alien spacecraft.'
The ex-CNN anchor's diatribe comes just weeks after he revealed that his bromance with his former co-star Don Lemon was just for show and that the pair now loathe one another.
The now-fired duo regularly gushed about each other on-air as Cuomo handed over to Lemon, hosted The Handoff podcast and went on tour together.
But, Cuomo has now said the friendship was never real - telling Patrick Bet-David's Home Team podcast their banter was actually the idea of former CNN boss Jeff Zucker, who had concerns about how Lemon would open his show.
According to Cuomo, Zucker basically told him he had to 'stay over on Lemon's show to help mitigate whatever's going to come out of his mouth.'
Cuomo has previously said that his relationship with Lemon fell apart when he was fired in 2021 over advising his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as he went through a sexual harassment scandal.
The journalist said Lemon did not have his back and never reached out to him after his CNN termination.
Cuomo has now sniped that Lemon's stature at the network was boosted by his relationship with Zucker.
'Zucker's best friend is Don Lemon's best friend - who's his agent - so, they had a real bond,' Cuomo claimed.
Cuomo, now an anchor on NewsNation, emphasized that there is no love lost when asked whether he would do another podcast with Lemon.
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