{"id":185055,"date":"2021-03-01T14:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=185055"},"modified":"2021-03-01T14:00:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T19:00:52","slug":"female-reporter-says-cuomos-eat-whole-sausage-remark-not-harassment-it-was-an-informal-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/female-reporter-says-cuomos-eat-whole-sausage-remark-not-harassment-it-was-an-informal-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Reporter Says Cuomo\u2019s \u2018Eat Whole Sausage\u2019 Remark Not Harassment: It Was An \u2018Informal\u2019 Event\u00a0"},"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\">30<\/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%2Ffemale-reporter-says-cuomos-eat-whole-sausage-remark-not-harassment-it-was-an-informal-event%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=185055&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\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1228483336.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A video showing Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) challenging a female reporter to eat an entire sausage in front of him has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattBinder\/status\/1366107864784396293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1366107864784396293%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.dailywire.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D195736action%3Dedit\">resurfaced<\/a> online in light of the recent sexual harassment allegations launched against the Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>The reporter, Beth Cefalu, however, has denied that the interaction has anything to do with the recent allegations, emphasizing that she did not feel \u201cpressured\u201d or \u201charassed\u201d by Cuomo when he made the challenge during an \u201cinformal\u201d media event at the 2016 New York State Fair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was not pressured\/harassed this is two people enjoying the one event \u2013 the NYS fair \u2013 that gives them a little more freedom to be informal. It\u2019s really sad it\u2019s being turned into anything more,\u201d Cefalu posted to Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cThis is why people hate \u2018the media,&#8217;\u201d she added, \u201cmisleading headlines and one-sided articles twisting reality. It\u2019s really sad that any media will turn fun at the fair into some sleazy scandal that it wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was not pressured\/harassed<br \/>this is two people enjoying the one event \u2013 the NYS fair \u2013 that gives them a little more freedom to be informal. Its really sad it\u2019s being turned into anything more. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sISlRUR8ER\">https:\/\/t.co\/sISlRUR8ER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Beth Cefalu (@BethanyCefalu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BethanyCefalu\/status\/1366359204655734790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The reporter similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/cuomo-once-pressured-female-reporter-eat-entire-sausage\">told<\/a> Fox News in a statement,\u00a0\u201cThe governor was trying to be nice and got me some food. It\u2019s probably the one day of year or story of the year he and I can be a little informal and that\u2019s what this was nothing more. He did not pressure me \u2013 he was not hitting on me nor did I feel harassed in anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/cuomo-once-pressured-female-reporter-eat-entire-sausage\">outlined<\/a> the resurfaced video as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cI want to see you eat the whole sausage,\u201d Cuomo can be heard telling Cefalu, as his daughter Michaela sits quietly next to him. A now-former aide to Cuomo could be seen handing Cefalu a sandwich.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t know if I should eat the whole sausage in front of you, but I\u2019m definitely going to eat it,\u201d Cefalu responds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Cuomo then invites Cefalu to sit at his table. Before eating, Cefalu snaps a selfie with the governor while holding up her food.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere\u2019s too much sausage in that picture,\u201d Cuomo says, prompting laughter from others at the table.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">just thinking back to that time NY Governor Andrew Cuomo hounded a local news reporter to &#8220;eat the whole sausage&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EyNxFavOyG\">pic.twitter.com\/EyNxFavOyG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Binder (@MattBinder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattBinder\/status\/1366107864784396293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cuomo has been accused by at least two women of sexual misconduct. Former Cuomo aide Lindsey Boylan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/woman-who-accused-andrew-cuomo-of-sexual-harassment-finally-details-allegations\">claims<\/a> she was sexually harassed and forcibly kissed on the mouth by the governor before she resigned from her position.<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte Bennett, a low-level aide in the Democrat\u2019s administration until November, says she was \u201casked\u00a0inappropriate questions about her sex life, including whether she ever had sex with older men, and made other comments she interpreted as gauging her interest in an affair,\u201d Fox News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/cuomo-once-pressured-female-reporter-eat-entire-sausage\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The embattled governor responded to the accusations on Sunday, emphasizing that he\u2019s often \u201cplayful\u201d and makes \u201cjokes\u201d while on the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuestions have been raised about some of my past interactions with people in the office,\u201d the statement said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-governor-andrew-cuomo-releases-statement-apologizing-for-behavior-following-sexual-harassment-allegations\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported. \u201cI never intended to offend anyone or cause any harm. I spend most of my life at work, and colleagues are often also personal friends. At work sometimes I think I am being playful and make jokes that I think are funny. I do, on occasion, tease people in what I think is a good natured way. I do it in public and in private. You have seen me do it at briefings hundreds of times. I have teased people about their personal lives, their relationships, about getting married or not getting married.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean no offense and only attempt to add some levity and banter to what is a very serious business,\u201d the governor continued. \u201cI now understand that my interactions may have been insensitive or too personal and that some of my comments, given my position, made others feel in ways I never intended. I acknowledge some of the things I have said have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation. To the extent anyone felt that way, I am truly sorry about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear I never inappropriately touched anybody and I never propositioned anybody and I never intended to make anyone feel uncomfortable, but these are allegations that New Yorkers deserve answers to,\u201d concluded Cuomo. \u201cThat\u2019s why I have asked for an outside, independent review that looks at these allegations. Separately, my office has heard anecdotally that some people have reached out to Ms. Bennett to express displeasure about her coming forward. My message to anyone doing that is you have misjudged what matters to me and my administration and you should stop now \u2013 period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/01\/andrew-cuomo-eat-whole-sausage-comment\/\">H\/t<\/a> The Daily Caller\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>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<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video showing Gov. 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