Chris Cuomo returned from vacation Monday night, hosting his CNN show for the first time since his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), announced his resignation after the state attorney general accused him of sexually harassing 11 women. Chris Cuomo said he's not "an adviser" to the outgoing governor, defended his CNN-enforced non-coverage of the scandal, and said that behind the scenes he urged Andrew Cuomo to resign, something he "never imagined ever having to do."
"I can't be objective when it comes to my family, so I never reported on the scandal," Cuomo said at the end of the show, which was mostly focused on Afghanistan. "And when it happened, I tried to be there for my brother. I'm not an adviser. I'm a brother. I wasn't in control of anything. I was there to listen and offer my take. And my advice to my brother was simple and consistent: Own what you did. Tell people what you'll do to be better. Be contrite. And finally, accept that it doesn't matter what you intended. What matters is how your actions and words were perceived."
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