Is 'Fredo' the Italian N-Word? I Asked the 3 Most Italian Women I Know for Answers
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Chris Cuomo, host of CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time and the network’s chief Italian-American correspondent, threatened to beat up a heckler during a heated exchange after the man called him “Fredo.” In a video that has gone viral, Cuomo says, “Only punkass bitches from the right call me Fredo. Fredo is from The Godfather. He was a weak brother. And they use it as an Italian aspersion. Any of you Italian? It’s a fuckin’ insult your people… It’s like the N-word for us.”
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The unidentified man continued to bait Cuomo, claiming he thought his name was Fredo. Cuomo was unamused by the obvious bullshitting. From CBS:
“I’ll f***ing ruin your sh*t,” Cuomo said. “I’ll f***ing throw you down these stairs like a f***ing punk. … Take a swing, c’mon boy.” As the man argues back and others crowd around them, Cuomo continues, “You want to call me sh*t, call me sh*t then. I’m f***ing right here. I’ll f***ing wreck your sh*t. You didn’t know what you were doing when you called me Fredo?”
At the conclusion of the video, as another man tells them to break it up, the heckler said, “Look at all these cameras. You’re in for it. You’re for it.”
“In for what?” Cuomo replied. “You called me ‘Fredo.’”
This very quickly became a feeding frenzy for scorching hot takes: Fox News’s Sean Hannity stood up for Cuomo’s bruised ego, Anthony Scaramucci agreed that the confrontation was racist, President Trump went full troll, and Neera Tanden said some… stuff about calling women whores. Francis Ford Coppola has yet to respond to our request for comment!