{"id":1285598,"date":"2022-02-09T09:45:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1285598"},"modified":"2022-02-09T14:52:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T19:52:41","slug":"he-wants-megyn-kelly-money-report-claims-chris-cuomo-could-hit-cnn-for-up-to-60-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-wants-megyn-kelly-money-report-claims-chris-cuomo-could-hit-cnn-for-up-to-60-million\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He Wants Megyn Kelly Money\u2019: Report Claims Chris Cuomo Could Hit CNN For Up To $60 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhe-wants-megyn-kelly-money-report-claims-chris-cuomo-could-hit-cnn-for-up-to-60-million%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1285598&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1150620090-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Terminated CNN anchor Chris Cuomo could be gearing up to go after his former employer for a $60 million payout \u2014 ostensibly to cover the remainder of his contract as well as money he could have made in the future \u2014 according to a report from Page Six.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/damning-video-of-chris-cuomo-testimony-that-got-him-fired-by-cnn-has-been-released\/\">fired by CNN<\/a> in December after an independent investigation revealed that he had been far more instrumental in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-plans-thorough-review-after-document-dump-suggests-chris-cuomo-had-larger-role-advising-andrew-cuomo\/\">assisting his brother<\/a> \u2014 former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) \u2014 as he navigated numerous sexual harassment allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Former CNN president Jeff Zucker also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/stop-defending-this-megyn-kelly-unloads-on-cnns-alisyn-camerota-for-defending-zucker\/\">left the company<\/a> abruptly last week, citing his own failure to disclose a personal relationship with his longtime colleague Allison Gollust \u2014 who is remaining with CNN.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/02\/08\/chris-cuomo-wants-as-much-as-60-million-from-cnn\/?_ga=2.86744336.943914967.1644260994-188821737.1639435038\">according to Page Six<\/a>, Cuomo and his team are not buying Zucker\u2019s explanation for his sudden exit:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cHis camp believes Zucker wasn\u2019t fired for an inappropriate relationship with Allison Gollust. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/02\/ousted-cnn-boss-jeff-zuckers-affair-with-his-colleague-allison-gollust-was-the-worst-kept-secret-in-tv-but-they-conspired-to-keep-it-out-of-the-media-for-years-with-a-web-of-lies-sources-told-the-post\/\">Everybody knew about that<\/a> and nobody cared.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat he believes happened is WarnerMedia found something in their investigation into Chris, perhaps internal memos or documents which <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/03\/jeff-zucker-allison-gollusts-cozy-ties-with-andrew-cuomo-deeper-than-previously-known\/\">revealed more about Zucker\u2019s involvement with Andrew Cuomo<\/a>. Gollust was just a convenient excuse.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sources told Page Six that Cuomo felt like Zucker \u201corchestrated a f*** job\u201d on him, ruining a career that could have spanned another 15-20 years \u2014 and for that reason, they say he could go to CNN and demand as much as $80 million: the $18 million remaining on his contract when he was terminated as well as lost wages for the years he believes the network cost him when they let him go. CNN, they noted, was not likely to come across with $80 million \u2014 but said Cuomo could cut his losses and demand a figure closer to $60 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChris is telling people in the Hamptons he was wrongly fired, humiliated, his career has been ruined, and he wants Megyn Kelly money,\u201d another source said, referencing the $69 million settlement Kelly got when she left NBC amid a controversy over comments she made about blackface.<\/p>\n<p>Since Zucker\u2019s ouster, Cuomo\u2019s former colleagues at CNN have blamed him for costing them their leadership. Anchor Jake Tapper implied that Cuomo was essentially a terrorist making demands and burning things down when he didn\u2019t get his way.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Many have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joined-at-the-hip-jeff-zuckers-lover-was-former-comms-director-for-andrew-cuomo\">speculated<\/a> that Cuomo might have leveraged information about Zucker in an attempt to either get revenge for his own recent termination or to pressure executives at the network to pay out the remainder of his contract \u2014 and Tapper said that any outsider who happened to be looking at the network\u2019s current state of affairs might believe he had been successful.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cnn-president-jeff-zucker-resigns-citing-relationship-with-colleague-11643818528\">report<\/a>, written by Benjamin Mullin:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>During the question-and-answer session, anchor Jake Tapper said that Mr. Cuomo hired a lawyer who seemed eager to leak damaging information about Mr. Zucker unless they gave Mr. Cuomo severance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAn outside observer might say, \u2018Well, it looks like Chris Cuomo succeeded,\u2019\u201d Mr. Tapper said. \u201cHe threatened Jeff. Jeff said we don\u2019t negotiate with terrorists. And Chris blew the place up. How do we get past that perception that this is the bad guy winning?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terminated CNN anchor Chris Cuomo could be gearing up to go after his former employer for a $60 million payout \u2014 ostensibly to cover the remainder of his contract as &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1285598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1285598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1285598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1285598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}