“I don’t want anything bad to happen to somebody who’s a colleague and somebody who is a friend of mine, and I feel terrible for him and for his family,” Cooper stated. “That being said, look, journalists have strict ethics and strict rules that we are to abide by, and if you don’t abide by them, there are repercussions. Maybe,” Cooper said when asked by Colbert if employees were made aware in a staff meeting, before quickly following up, “No, no. Cooper said that while he hadn’t talked to Lemon since Cuomo’s firing, the first person who reached out was Andy Cohen. At the time CNN announced Cuomo had been terminated “effective immediately,” the network also revealed that “additional information has come to light” but offered no other details.

Source: CNN December 17, 2021 22:31 UTC