![]() Nevertheless, senior CNN talent at its Washington, DC, bureau expressed fierce loyalty to Zucker during the meeting with Kilar, with some even suggesting that the historically tense relationship between the two men played a role in the CNN president’s ouster.Ĭuomo was fired by Zucker late last year after it was learned that he helped his brother fight back against allegations that Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed an aide. Andrew Cuomo in 2020 in a bid to lure the chief executive to make more flattering appearances on his brother Chris Cuomo’s show, and even coached him on his COVID briefings. On Thursday, the scandal grew as The Post exclusively reported that Zucker and Gollust made personal calls to then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on how to fight sexual harassment allegations. In December, Zucker fired Chris Cuomo after it was learned the primetime host counseled his brother, then-New York Gov. Zucker’s bosses at WarnerMedia became aware of the relationship during an investigation into Cuomo’s tenure at the network. In announcing his resignation to staff, Zucker admitted that he failed to disclose the relationship with his underling to his superiors. Zucker resigned from his post as CNN president on Wednesday after acknowledging a years-long “consensual relationship” with Allison Gollust, the network’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer. “For a lot of us, the feeling is that, for Jeff, the punishment didn’t fit the crime … There are so many people who work here and got a second chance, because that’s what Jeff believed in, and … it feels like he didn’t get that chance,” Bash said. Her colleague Dana Bash also weighed in, questioning whether Zucker deserved to be fired over his affair. And it sounds like you didn’t consult any other executives on removing a critical part of the company.” “What Jake just described is actually what happened here … Cuomo is a man scorned because he was fired for being held accountable … and Jeff is part of the result of this. I believe that’s what’s going to define us going forward, far more than what’s happened today and what you alluded to.”ĬNN star Kaitlan Collins pressed harder after Kilar appeared to dodge Tapper’s question, saying: “I think the issue is that it’s not a perception.” Kilar told Tapper in response: “When it comes to perception, all I can offer you, Jake, is: Every minute of every day we’ve got what’s on the screens. ![]() Tapper then asked Kilar: “How do we get past that perception, that this is the bad guy winning?” Zucker, Gollust’s cozy ties with Andrew Cuomo included coaching him on COVID briefings “He threatened, Jeff said we don’t negotiate with terrorists, and he blew the place up.” Getty Images for SXSW Jeff Zucker resigned on Wednesday after he acknowledged a years-long relationship with Allison Gollust, the network’s top marketing executive, without disclosing it to his bosses. CNN lead political anchor Jake Tapper said the network’s corporate parent fired president Jeff Zucker after ex-primetime host Chris Cuomo “threatened to blow up” the cable news channel over a financial dispute. “An outside observer might say, ‘ Wow, it looks like Chris Cuomo succeeded,'” Tapper told Kilar during a tense staff meeting Wednesday. “Stuff starts getting leaked to gossip websites about Jeff and Allison … and then weeks later, Jeff comes forward, discloses this and resigns - not willingly,” Tapper continued. “Jason, if you could address the perception that Chris Cuomo gets fired by CNN, Chris Cuomo hires a high-powered lawyer who has a scorched-earth policy, who then makes it very clear to the world that unless Jeff gives Chris Cuomo his money, they’re going to blow the place up,” Tapper asked Kilar, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by the news site. ![]() Hours after Zucker’s resignation Wednesday, Tapper asked WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar at a tense meeting inside CNN’s Washington bureau about the “perception” that Zucker’s refusal to pay Cuomo the remaining $18 million on his contract ultimately led to him losing his job, according to Puck News. CNN could be put up for sale - and ex-CEO Zucker wants it in ‘ultimate revenge’: sourcesĬNN parent company used Chris Cuomo to lobby brother Andrew for help during Covid: reportĬNN showed Licht the door after he spoke truth to woke powerĬhris Licht spotted for first time in NYC after CNN ouster, scathing Atlantic profileĬNN’s Jake Tapper reportedly accused his network’s corporate parent of throwing Jeff Zucker under the bus after the ousted news honcho refused to capitulate to Chris Cuomo’s demand for a multimillion-dollar payout.
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