Chris Cuomo on CNN’s sudden departure: ‘I don’t like how it ended’

Chris Cuomo visited HBO Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday and reflected on his departure from CNN.

At the start of the session, host Bill Maher asked Cuomo if he was happy with his recently released podcast. The Chris Cuomo Project, I draw attention. Cuomo was previously a CNN anchor until the cable channel fired him in December, amid reports he advised his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, over allegations of sexual harassment.

“Happy is probably not the right word,” Cuo replied. “I feel like I lost my sense of purpose for a while because of how things turned out.”

Cuo said that with his future projects, his goal is “to break the toxic duality of partisan politics and speak to the vast majority of people in this country who are just normal people who want something to make sense.”

Asked by Maher if he was happy to hear reports that CNN’s ratings had dropped significantly since his departure, Cuomo said he was not and doesn’t believe in schadenfreude. “It’s a great organization and they’re great people there,” he said. “I want the best for the people there. I don’t like how it ended. I had a great team that I couldn’t say goodbye to. I just want to continue.”

When asked how Brother Andrew is doing after stepping down as governor of New York in August, Chris replied, “I would have to say, ‘Oh, he’s great,’ but that would be what we call bullshit, right? The journalist added: “He’s been in the fight, I’ve seen him and I’m proud of the way he’s behaving.”

Cuomo also spoke about his newly announced primetime show on the NewsNation cable network, scheduled to premiere this fall: “I go to NewsNation because I believe in insurgent media and I think NewsNation has a chance not to be seen as groupthink. “.