Chris Cuomo loves to tease his big brother!
While anchoring his CNN show Chris' Cuomo Prime Time Tuesday night (May 5), the famed journalist couldn't miss the opportunity to troll his older brother, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo... yet again.
"Do you think that you are an attractive person now because you're single and ready to mingle?" Chris teased, poking fun at his brother, who earlier this month confirmed that he is indeed currently "eligible."
"Do you really think you are some desirable single person and that this is not just people's pain coming out of them?" Chris added.
Without blinking an eye, Andrew fired back with the quite diplomatic response, if I do say so myself, replying, "I think beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
Earlier in Tuesday's broadcast, Chris joked about Andrew's growing celebrity status following his response to the coronavirus pandemic.
"You seem to have changed through this process. You sound, you know, different. You're taking on what's happening in the federal government—some say that it is evidence of a shift in ambition," Chris said. "Some say that going on shows like Ellen, where she's pumping your head up with helium about how great you are and cover of Rolling Stone—that you now, as we used to say in the neighborhood, think who you are. Do you believe that there has been a shift in your ambitions and in your sense of yourself because of all these new friends you seem to have?"
"Some say I shouldn't come on this show because you harass me and provoke me," Andrew retorted.
"Too much fierce accountability? Can't take it?" Chris replied. "Want a pat on the back, Love Gov?"
"Nothing about me has changed," Andrew later assured. "I haven't been in the basement. I haven't had my wife shear my hair out of resentment. None of that has happened to me–I'm just doing my job, which is what I've always done."
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