RUSH: So, I have had a lot of people say, “Rush, what about this Chris Cuomo business? Fredo. You haven\u2019t talked about Fredo.” Well, look, Fredo\u2019s been cooped up for two weeks in his basement with coronavirus, and so it\u2019s understandable he might start sounding a little, ah, stressed. Stressed. Stressed. For… (interruption)<\/p>\n
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Well, he may be telling the truth as to how he feels now, but I\u2019m not sure that Fredo really means all this once there\u2019s a return to quasi-normalcy. Well, here\u2019s what this is all about. Fredo Cuomo got corona and has been going on the air on CNN for two weeks from his basement. He\u2019s quarantined from the familia.<\/p>\n
I think they\u2019re still sending the veal parmesan down the steps with a dumbwaiter, but aside from that, he\u2019s had no contact with family. And he has a radio show (who doesn\u2019t) on SiriusXM, and he had a little bit of a crisis, a little bit of a breakdown on his radio show yesterday. He lashed out at CNN, lashed out at the CNN job.He blasted Trump as being full of crap, although he didn\u2019t say crap. And he said, you know what? “I don\u2019t want to spend my time doing things that I don\u2019t think are valuable to me personally. I don\u2019t value indulging irrationality, hyper-partisanship. I don\u2019t like dealing with people who are irrational.”<\/p>\n
He said that having the coronavirus “has made him rethink his values and question his position as a public figure,” and he went so far as to say, “I don\u2019t like what I do professionally. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s worth my time.” He “launched into a tale about a ‘loser biker\u2019 who confronted him on Easter Sunday for being outside his property with his family despite his coronavirus diagnosis.<\/p>\n
“‘I don\u2019t want some jackass, loser, fat-tire biker being able to pull over and get in my space and talk [garbage] to me, I don\u2019t want to hear it,\u2019 he said. Cuomo said he wishes he could have acted like a regular Joe and told the biker to ‘go to hell,'” but he can\u2019t do it because he works at CNN. He\u2019s a public figure.<\/p>\n
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RUSH: Anyway, back to Fredo. He says he\u2019s too famous; he can\u2019t react to bikers like he really wants to. We have it on… Actually, we have some audio. Here. This is his radio show on SiriusXM. This is Fredo Cuomo talking about his job on CNN.<\/p>\n
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FREDO: I don\u2019t want to spend my time doing things that I don\u2019t think are valuable enough to me, personally.<\/p>\n
RUSH: All right.<\/p>\n
FREDO: I don\u2019t like what I do professionally, I\u2019ve decided.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Right.<\/p>\n
FREDO: I don\u2019t value indulging irrationality, hyperpartisanship.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Right.<\/p>\n
FREDO: I don\u2019t think it\u2019s worth my time.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Um, okay. So, look, it could be the virus talking. Could be two weeks of being cooped up. Could be any number of things. (interruption) Well, yeah, he did say he\u2019s sick of CNN, and he calls… Hyperpartisan? You know what\u2019s fascinating? There is no hyperpartisanship at CNN because they never get somebody that disagrees with them there.<\/p>\n
The hyperpartisanship at CNN is constant, but it\u2019s not as though you face opponents in debate all the time. CNN doesn\u2019t do that. CNN is devoted to trashing and destroying Donald Trump, and everything they do, every guest they have is focused on that. Now, maybe that\u2019s what Fredo is reacting to, but he didn\u2019t say that. Here\u2019s the next bite.<\/p>\n
FREDO: I don\u2019t want some jackass loser, fat-tire biker to get in my face and in my space and talk bull(bleep) to me. I don\u2019t want to hear it. Some cat just basically pulls up in the driveway next to yours and starts getting in your face about that stuff? How\u2019s that gonna go? How\u2019s that gonna go? That matters to me more than making millions of dollars a year. That matters to me more. Why? Because I\u2019ve saved my money.<\/p>\n
RUSH: “Oh, I don\u2019t need the money. I have saved my money — and the fact that I can\u2019t get in some biker\u2019s face…” Well, who says he can\u2019t? Could you go grab sound bite number 23. This is August 11th last year — no shutdown — and Fredo is out on Shelter Island with his family, and somebody who\u2019s the equivalent of a fat biker showed up and got in his face.<\/p>\n
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MAN #1: (background noise) I thought… I thought that\u2019s who you were.<\/p>\n
FREDO: No! Punk ass bitches from the right call me “Fredo.” My name is Chris Cuomo. I\u2019m an anchor on CNN.<\/p>\n
MAN #1: Oh, you\u2019re much —<\/p>\n
FREDO: Fredo is from The Godfather. He was that weak brother!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: Isn\u2019t that your brother though?<\/p>\n
FREDO: And they use it as an Italian aspersion. Any of you Italian?<\/p>\n
MAN #1: I\u2019m a little bit, I guess.<\/p>\n
FREDO: Are you Italian?<\/p>\n
MAN #1: I got a little bit, yeah.<\/p>\n
FREDO: It\u2019s a f(bleep)ing insult to your people!<\/p>\n
MAN #2: (pause)<\/p>\n
FREDO: It\u2019s an insult to your f(bleep)ing people!<\/p>\n
MAN #2: (from off camera) I didn\u2019t know that.<\/p>\n
FREDO: It\u2019s an insult to your f(bleep)ing people. It\u2019s like the N-word for us!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: Wow.<\/p>\n
FREDO: So is that a cool f(bleep)ing thing?<\/p>\n
MAN #1: You are a much more reasonable guy in person than you seem to be on television.<\/p>\n
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FREDO: Yeah, well, if you want to play, then we\u2019ll f(bleep)ing play! You got something you want to say about what I do on television, then say it. But you don\u2019t have to call me a f(bleep)ing insult!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: Hey, man…<\/p>\n
FREDO: What? What? What?<\/p>\n
MAN #1: Hey, listen I don\u2019t want any problems, bro.<\/p>\n
FREDO: Yeah? You\u2019re gonna have a big f(bleep)ing problem!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: What\u2019s the problem?<\/p>\n
FREDO: It\u2019s a little different on TV.<\/p>\n
MAN #1. What\u2019s the problem?<\/p>\n
FREDO: Don\u2019t f(bleep)ing insult me like that!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: I didn\u2019t insult you.<\/p>\n
FREDO: You call me Fredo! It\u2019s like I call you “punk bitch.” You like that?<\/p>\n
MAN #1: No, I —<\/p>\n
FREDO: You want that to be your nickname?<\/p>\n
MAN #1: I didn\u2019t call you that. I — I —<\/p>\n
FREDO: You called me Fredo! You know my name is not f(bleep)ing Fredo!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: I thought your name was!<\/p>\n
FREDO: You did not think my name was f(bleep)ing Fredo! Don\u2019t be a liar!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: I thought your name was Fredo.<\/p>\n
FREDO: You want to be a liar, then stand up like a man!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: I\u2019m standing up, man.<\/p>\n
FREDO: You want to be a man? I\u2019m here!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: Yeah, I\u2019m standing up.<\/p>\n
FREDO: Then f(bleep)ing own it! Then own what you said!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: Hey, listen, man —<\/p>\n
FREDO: (shoves citizen)<\/p>\n
MAN #1: Hey!<\/p>\n
FREDO: Then own what you said!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: Listen, man. I don\u2019t have a problem with you, man.<\/p>\n
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FREDO: Well, you are gonna have a f(bleep)in\u2019 problem.<\/p>\n
MAN #1: What? What are you gonna do about it?<\/p>\n
FREDO: I\u2019ll f(bleep)ing ruin your s(bleep)!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: Let\u2019s do something then.<\/p>\n
FREDO: I\u2019ll f(bleep)ing throw you down these stairs like a f(bleep)in\u2019 punk!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: Please do.<\/p>\n
FREDO: Why, so you can —<\/p>\n
MAN #3: You don\u2019t wanna do that.<\/p>\n
FREDO: — f(bleep)ing sue?<\/p>\n
MAN #3: You don\u2019t wanna do that.<\/p>\n
FREDO: So you can f(bleep)in\u2019 sue?<\/p>\n
MAN #1: Well, why don\u2019t you do it then?<\/p>\n
FREDO: Go ahead! Take a swing at me! You want to call me Fredo? Take a f(bleep)ing swing!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: I\u2019m not gonna swing at you.<\/p>\n
FREDO: Take a f(bleep)ing swing!<\/p>\n
MAN #2: Watch your f(bleep)ing hands!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: I\u2019m not gonna swing.<\/p>\n
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FREDO: Take a swing!<\/p>\n
MAN #3: Watch your f(bleep)ing hands!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: (crosstalk) I\u2019m not impressed.<\/p>\n
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FREDO: Take a swing. No, no. Come on, boy! Come on, boy! You want to call me s(bleep), call me s(bleeped) then!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: Hey, listen, man —<\/p>\n
FREDO: I\u2019m right f(bleep)ing here!<\/p>\n
MAN #1: I\u2019m not doing anything.<\/p>\n
FREDO: I\u2019ll f(bleep)ing wreck your s(bleep)!<\/p>\n
MAN #3: Just stop!<\/p>\n
FREDO: I\u2019ll f(bleep)ing wreck your s(bleep)!<\/p>\n
MAN #3: Chris, stop!<\/p>\n
FREDO: You didn\u2019t know what you were doing when you called me Fredo?<\/p>\n
MAN #1: I thought it was your name!<\/p>\n
RUSH: (laughing) The only thing that happened was some guy walked up to him in Shelter Island and said, “Aren\u2019t you Fredo Cuomo?” (laughing) That\u2019s all that happened — and who else calls him Fredo but me? So whoever went and called him Fredo obviously listens to this program. But that\u2019s all it was. So it sounds to me… This is why I\u2019m saying that what Fredo said on the radio yesterday, I really don\u2019t take it into account.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a result of having the virus and being cooped up because last August some guy walks up, “Hey, you\u2019re Fredo Cuomo?” and he got in his face and he didn\u2019t take it and he told the guy what he wanted to. It didn\u2019t bother him at all. He didn\u2019t think he couldn\u2019t do it. So the idea that you can\u2019t tell some “fat-tire biker,” whatever, where to put things?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not actually true, \u2019cause, Fredo — we\u2019ve got the evidence — has already done it, last year on Shelter Island.<\/p>\n
BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n
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