Chris Cuomo on indefinite CNN suspension: ‘It’s embarrassing’ [Video]

• CNN suspended Chris Cuomo indefinitely on Tuesday night after documents revealed he used media sources to try to help his brother, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
• Cuomo addressed his suspension from the network in his radio show on Wednesday.
• “It hurts to even say it. It’s embarrassing, but I understand it,” Cuomo said.

Chris Cuomo responded Wednesday to being suspended indefinitely from CNN, saying “it’s embarrassing, but I understand it.”

On Tuesday, CNN suspended the anchor after newly released transcripts appeared to show the extent to which Cuomo tried to help his brother, Andrew Cuomo, during the politician’s sexual-harassment scandal.

Earlier in the week, the New York attorney general’s office released the transcripts, which included text messages that indicated Cuomo used media sources to look up information about a woman who accused Andrew Cuomo, then New York’s governor, of sexual harassment.

In the statement announcing Cuomo’s suspension on Tuesday, a CNN spokesperson said the documents, “which we were not privy to before their public release, raise serious questions.”

“When Chris admitted to us that he had offered advice to his brother’s staff, he broke our rules and we acknowledged that publicly,” the representative continued. “But we also appreciated the unique position he was in and understood his need to put his family first and job second. However, these documents point to a greater level of involvement in his brother’s efforts than we previously knew.”

During a Wednesday episode of “Let’s Get After It,” Cuomo’s SiriusXM radio show, he addressed his suspension.

“Quick note about the obvious — I’ve been suspended from CNN,” Cuomo said. “You know this already. It hurts to even say it. It’s embarrassing, but I understand it. And I understand why some people feel the way they do about what I did.”

Chris Cuomo previously publicly acknowledged that he coached his brother through the sexual-harassment scandal. He doubled down on his initial apology for his involvement in aiding his brother.

“I’ve apologized in the past. I mean it,” Cuomo said during his radio show. “The last thing I ever wanted to do was compromise any of my colleagues and do anything but help.”

Source: NBC News