Chris Cuomo's Fredo Freak Out | Joe Rogan and Fahim Anwar

Did you like Fear Factor more than... because I remember I loved News Radio. That goes on my favorite shows. So did you enjoy that more, Fear Factor? Are there different things? There are definitely different things. I enjoyed the paycheck from Fear Factor far more. Uh-huh. I liked working without actors, but I loved News Radio way more. News Radio was just a far better show, so it was a really good show. Well, they're different things. They're very different animals. It ruined me. It's like going from the comedy store to Uncle Fuckstick's Chuckle Hut on a Monday night. It's like every other sitcom that I looked at, every other sitcom that I read for or that I got scripts for, rather, I was like, ooh, this is just not good stuff. Isn't it interesting when you get sides, like just sides, or just one scene or two scenes for a show, and you could tell it's good just from that? Oh, yeah. That's so rare. It is rare. Yeah. When someone's a good writer, good sitcom writing is hard to do, man. That is a really hard gig. I mean, there's a, but then some people have bad sitcom writing, but they know how to make a bad, successful sitcom. Like there's bad, successful sitcoms that last forever. They're just unoffensive enough to stay on the air and keep you watching with your mouth slack. Yeah, yeah. I mean, formulas exist for a reason. Those big band kids, they're so clever with their writing. That's what keeps me doing it. I'm waiting for the vocabulary lesson. Does this guy ever shut off CBS? No. Just keep it on the whole time. I tried Fox, but they're too hostile. Did you, your TV has other channels, sir? What? Yeah, there's other channels, other programming you could watch. Well, when they took Bill O'Reilly out there, I said, CBS is my channel. That's my channel now. Yeah. You ever been in the, like an audition, and it's terrible, but everyone goes through the motions where everyone's just like cracking up. Like it's the greatest show on earth. Like it's Def Jam, like because the writers and the directors are in the room. They're fake laughs to get everybody excited. Yeah, they have to, because I think they need this rocket fuel to get this project off the ground. And they need to give the writer confidence. They have to give the director confidence. They have to give the studio people confidence that it's all good. It's a fake moment, the fake laugh. It's gross. And the thing is though, like it's also not only is it gross though, but it's the 30th time. There's 30 people in the waiting room and they're laughing like it's the first time. They're faking it left and right, up and down. And we know fake laughs. Ooh, we do know fake laughs. It's offensive. If someone's fake laughing at you, it's almost worse than not laughing. It is worse than not laughing at all. If you say a joke and they're like, ha ha ha. Oh, you're like, get them out of here. You get out of here, you bad person. You, you, you, you, you. It's the quickest way to heckle though, right? Just like, ha. Ha. Like no one can say anything. When I'm laughing, it's like the Fredo thing. No, I thought your name was Fredo. That Fredo thing. Dude, I was talking about that, I thought that you were Fredo. Did you see that? Yeah, of course. Did you see it, Jamie? That Chris Cuomo guy. Donald Trump had the best line today. Donald Trump won the internet today with this. He said, should we red flag Chris Cuomo? Cause he seemed unhinged. He was using terrible language, should not have a gun. He basically exposed those red flag laws. You see a guy like that, he's irrational. That guy's irrational. He goes, I'll wreck your shit. I'll throw you down a flight of stairs. I like the stairs comment, that was, I enjoyed that. What is he talking about? Cause a guy called you Fredo and he was saying that Fredo was the same thing as the N word. I didn't know Fredo was drug-tory, or maybe I'm new to it. I just, not that I would ever try to call someone Fredo. Sometimes, you know. It's not. It's a fucking character in a movie. It's like Aladdin. Is it like, there's no, like, I don't know. Cultural context, I'm Italian. There's no cultural context for Fredo, where people are like, what the fuck did you say? It doesn't exist. It does not exist. Well, you could say it for someone who's a traitor, but why, that doesn't even make sense with Chris Cuomo. It's just a loser in a movie. Well, I guess like a- You know what he's trying to do? I mean, obviously he's trying to insult him. Even if there is no history of this word existing for, you know, I mean, I don't know if it does exist or not, but like, you know this guy's trying to take shots. It's certainly not a compliment. Sure. Yeah, I mean, it's a loser in a movie. It's a brother that always fell short and he turned on his own brother, who was the godfather. What if he- Because he wanted to be the godfather. What if he explained this insult to Chris Cuomo? That would be great. Because Fredo was a weak Italian in the movie and I'm referencing your character. Yes, you are the son of a great man because, you know, he's Mario Cuomo's son. And you probably, you know, let's be honest about why you're here. Yeah. You know, the name is familiar and, you know, it helps. Yeah. But it's that Italian energy that, like, and again, this is my people. Yeah, yeah. Is it my people? You full Italian? No, three quarters though. But these people that react that way are common. It's like, what? What the fuck did you say to me? I'll fucking wreck your shit. Yeah. But you're not supposed to be a respected political pundit and behave like that. That is nonsense. That's nonsense. That's nonsense. It's a silly way to behave. It's silly. That guy needs to work out more. He's gotta be extra. But he works out a lot. It's tough when- It might be on too much testosterone. So we need to take him to, tell the doctor, just parry you down a little bit. Take whatever you're at, just drop it by half. Settle down, bro. Or just work out really hard before you go outside. Do some yoga. Meditate. I like when those, because Ellie's pretty passive town for the most part. You'll get some of those, you'll get like an East Coast guy. You're like, oh shit, who's this guy? You know what I mean? Long Island. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Visiting from out of town. Like, whoa, whoa, no one- Hey, Fredo! Yeah, we don't actually fight here. We just talk big. Go get my shine box. Yeah. It was a very embarrassing moment. I think it's a very important moment. Look at him. First of all, he is Fredo for life now. I hope he understands that. He's Fredo for life. Unless you want to get tossed down a flight of stairs. He ain't tossing anybody down a flight of stairs. That's nonsense. He doesn't want to get sued. He's not gonna do that. He's not gonna touch somebody. He'll hire someone. He's not gonna hit an anthro. He's not gonna do that. He's not doing shit. Not doing a goddamn thing. That's one of the reasons why it's so funny. He's not doing nothing. That is Fredo. You'll never get away from that now. You better embrace that shit. You better start selling Fredo t-shirts with your face on it. Listen, TNN's probably gonna fire him. I would imagine. No, I think they're standing behind him. Get the fuck out of here. Are they really? For now. I think they felt like he was attacked or unprovoked. What? By someone calling him Fredo? Yeah, man, those fighting words, dude. Someone called me Fredo. I'm not even an Italian. I'd snap. I go, how dare you? He's a silly man. That's what exposes him. Instead, he's a silly man. It wasn't like someone was being equally aggressive to him and he was defending himself. Sometimes, if you're in a situation where someone's very aggressive to you, you almost have to be aggressive back just to let them know, hey, I'll go there with you. We could go to a dark place right now and I'm not gonna let you hit me. I'm not gonna let you do something to me. If you think that I'm a pushover, I'm here to defend myself. But that wasn't that way. Someone was mocking him and he turned violent. I think it was a little bit of a honeypot situation where he just wanted to get a rise and he was recording from down low. They wanted him to do something. They really. Chris Cuomo, this is CNN. CNN's lost their fucking mind. Chris Cuomo defended himself when he was verbally attacked with the use of an ethnic slur in an orchestrated setup, the spokesperson said. We completely support him for now. Listen to me. This is not done. This is not done. This is just beginning to take on a form of its own. You can't say that's an ethnic slur. That is a fucking character in a movie. It's not an ethnic slur. And him saying that's calling it the N word, that is so preposterous. That is so offensively stupid. Do you ever get that people trying to take shots or get you to slip or something? Most people are nice. Yeah, for the most part. I've had guys say goofy shit to me and I try to say goofy shit back to them. Like at shows or just on the street or what? In both things, but I'm not a hostile person. I look hostile, but I'm not hostile. Like I'm nice for the most part. I've had people get dicky with me. And then what do you do? How do you handle it? Get dicky back. Yeah. Yeah.