Chris Cuomo Claims He Considered Killing After Fired By CNN

Chris Cuomo said he was so distraught after being “s–t-canned” by CNN that he was “going to kill everybody and myself.”

The NY Post reports the former “Cuomo Prime Time” host was fired by the struggling cable news outfit in late 2021 after it was learned he was helping his brother, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, fight sexual harassment allegations made by ex-aides.

“I had to accept [my firing] because I was going to kill everybody, including myself,” the 52-year-old news personality told ex-Trump administration official Anthony Scramucci during The Mooch’s podcast, “Open Book,” which aired Wednesday.

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“Things can consume you.”

Cuomo was unceremoniously dumped by his longtime patron and friend, then-CNN boss Jeff Zucker. Months after Cuomo’s ouster, Zucker stepped down after it was learned he was involved in a years-long consensual affair with his top marketing officer, Allison Gollust.

Cuomo told The Mooch he “makes a lot of mistakes” and revealed he sought therapy after he was fired.

“There is damage that is relatable, there is damage that is unrelatable to people that I have to deal with, that I am working on,” Cuomo said.

After a months-long hiatus, he was hired by NewsNation to host “Cuomo,” a primetime talk show. But the comeback has struggled to generate anywhere near the viewership that tuned in to his 9 p.m. CNN show. His October debut drew 147,000 viewers, a pittance compared to the roughly 1 million he averaged on CNN, where he was the network’s top-rated primetime anchor.