Twitter on Friday was bristling with barbed comments aimed at CNN host Chris Cuomo in response to a bombshell claim that he grabbed his former ABC boss’ buttock during an event in 2005.
Shelley Ross, former executive producer at ABC and CBS, accused the married dad-of-three presenter in a searing opinion piece for the New York Times detailing the alleged incident at a going-away party for a colleague 16 years ago.
Cuomo sent an email shortly afterward saying he was ‘ashamed,’ and apologized to Ross’ husband, who was present during the encounter.
The host of the eponymous Cuomo Prime Time had faced an avalanche of criticism and widespread calls for his firing over his role in advising his brother, Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as New York governor last month over allegations of sexual harassment from multiple women.
Twitter wits wasted no time drawing unflattering comparisons between the two Cuomo siblings on Friday.
Brigitte Gabriel, founder of the right-wing group ACT for America, wrote: ‘It looks like being a creep is part of being a Cuomo.’
Utilizing todays societal mindset and applying it to the past is very dangerous. Especially since everyone is guilty of something. Everyone!