Chris Cuomo was apparently unhappy after his interview with Kanye West. It may have generated plenty of headlines, but it caused some pushback inside of Newsnation.
An unnamed source told The New York Post that Cuomo was less than pleased that West refused to come to the Newsnation studio Monday night. Instead, West appeared on a video call from the backseat of a car.
“Chris thought it was at least going to be well-lit,” the source said of the video call. “He wouldn’t have accepted that at CNN.”
Adding to the frustration for Chris Cuomo was the fact that West was willing to go in studio for FOX News and Tucker Carlson last week.
Staffers for other Newsnation shows were not happy about the way the network prioritized the interview. The network pushed other hosts to publicize West’s anti-Semitic comments to draw more attention to the network. The source tells The Post that both Dan Abrams and Ashleigh Banfield were told to devote lengthy segments to the interview on their shows.
It wasn’t just staffers either. Guests booked for the two shows were not happy with the orders of Newsnation brass.
“People didn’t want to appear on the [other two] shows following Chris Cuomo’s interview because they didn’t want to talk about anti-Semitism and to give Kanye more attention,” the source said.
