America is getting a little break from the non-stop news coverage of the coronavirus, courtesy of the Cuomo brothers — Chris Cuomo, who is a CNN anchor, and Andrew Cuomo, who is the governor of New York.
On Monday night, the brothers were discussing the possibility of a curfew placed upon New York when Governor Cuomo quipped, “Curfew, I don’t like the word ‘curfew’, dad tried to have a curfew for me, I never got past the resentment.”
When Chris Cuomo responded, “That’s the least of your problems,” Governor Cuomo shot back, “I never violated — you violated the curfew all the time. Caused much pain, but that’s a different story.”
From there, things devolved into pure comedy, Chris Cuomo reminded his older brother to call their mother and Governor Cuomo ripped, “I called mom, I called mom just before I came on the show.”
“That’s not what she said,” Chris Cuomo chimed in.
The New York governor continued, “By the way, she said I was her favorite. Good news is, she said you were her second favorite.”
The CNN host added:
“We both know neither of us mom’s first or second favorite in the family. I can’t believe you’re lying to my audience. You’ve blown the credibility, the entire interview. I should have ended it.”
Watch the video below:
This video of brothers Andrew and Chris Cuomo fighting ON AIR about their mom’s favorite child, calling their parents, and breaking curfew growing up is better than anything Shakespeare ever wrote pic.twitter.com/h7KF6pOdun
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) March 17, 2020
Governor Cuomo has been feuding with President Donald Trump over his state’s reaction to the coronavirus outbreak. He began by praising the president but Trump later attacked him on Twitter, saying that “Cuomo of New York has to ‘do more.'”
New York is suffering a massive hit from the coronavirus and in a press conference on Tuesday, Governor Cuomo said that there are 432 new cases in the state, which brings the total number of cases to 1,374.
Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this week that he was closing all New York schools as the virus cuts through the city.