Jeff Zucker Affair: In the wake of his failure to come clean about an affair with a coworker, CNN President Jeff Zucker has abruptly announced his resignation. It was revealed as part of CNN’s bigger inquiry into Chris Cuomo’s time at CNN that a coworker had consensual contact with him. The New York Times published a staff memo in which Zucker said he was resigning.
In the wake of an investigation into former CNN presenter Chris Cuomo, CNN CEO Jeff Zucker has resigned, citing an undisclosed consensual relationship with an unidentified employee. It was revealed that Zucker had been interrogated about a “consensual relationship” with a coworker he’d had for more than two decades as part of the inquiry into Chris Cuomo’s time at CNN. “I was aware that the connection had changed in recent years. When the investigation began, I was supposed to divulge it, but I didn’t. I’m sorry, but I was incorrect. My resignation is effective immediately.” According to Zucker, he joined CNN on January 28, 2013. We spent nine wonderful years together. I wish my time at this company had concluded in a different way. However, it was a remarkable run. “And I had a wonderful time.”
Chief Media Correspondent Brian Stelter tweeted that Zucker’s announcement “staggered” CNN workers, and referenced an alleged link between Zucker and CNN’s Chief Marketing Officer, who is still employed by CNN at this time. We’ve been friends and business partners for more than two decades. During COVID, our relationship took a turn for the worse. I am sorry that we didn’t reveal it at the correct moment,” Chief Marketing Officer Allison Gollust stated in a statement, as cited by Stelter. Gollust formerly served as the director of communications for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. According to tabloids, Gollust and Zucker had a long-running romance.
Convicted investigation into Chris Cuomo
During an investigation into Chris Cuomo, who counseled Andrew Cuomo during his sexual misconduct probe, Zucker’s contact with Allison Gollust, a former adviser to Cuomo, came up,” Stelter continued. Cuomo Prime Time’s”Chris” engaged on many conference calls with the former New York governor’s communications team, lawyers, and outside advisors to counsel Andrew Cuomo, who has been accused of sexual harassment by at least seven women since Dec. 2020.
An email from a CNN spokeswoman to IndieWire said, “Chris has not been involved in CNN’s comprehensive coverage of Governor Cuomo’s charges – on broadcast or behind the scenes”. As he has stated on his show, he could never be objective. Not to mention the fact that his brother relies on him for advice and support. It was, however, wrong for Chris to engage in conversations with members of the Governor’s staff, which Chris admits to. For the time being, he will no longer participate in such discussions.” Cuomo claimed that when his brother’s “situation became volatile, being looped into discussions with other friends of his and advisers that did include some of his staff, I understand why that was a concern for CNN,” he said. There will be no more repeats of this. As a result, I put my coworkers, who I believe to be among the greatest in their field, at risk. I didn’t mean for it to turn out that way. That was not my intention, and I apologize for that.
Following his dismissal in November of last year after he assisted his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, through his own sex scandal, Stelter claimed that the whole incident was down to Cuomo and that he wished to ‘burn’ the network. The outgoing governor of New York, Chris Cuomo, is not going quietly. ‘He was trying to set the place on fire,’ he said. Claiming that he had incriminating proof against Zucker and Gollust, he went to court. This is an incredible chain reaction, he said. ‘It started with Andrew Cuomo and then Chris,’ he continued.
In December 2021, CNN dismissed Chris Cuomo
According to a CNN statement, “Chris Cuomo was suspended earlier this week pending further examination of new material that was brought to light about his involvement with his brother’s defense”. As a result of the investigation, we fired him immediately. “Additional information has come to light while that review is being conducted,” the network’s statement stated. “In spite of the termination, we will conduct proper investigations.”
Jeff Zucker’s illicit, career-ending romance with Allison Gollust has been defended by ‘devastated’ CNN anchors. While Alisyn Camerota thinks he should not resign, Brian Stelter is blaming Chris Cuomo for outing him. Some of CNN’s journalists were “devastated” by Jeff Zucker’s resignation over his years-long affair with an employee and came to the airwaves to defend him. On Wednesday, Zucker announced his resignation with immediate effect, citing his failure to inform the network of his long-term relationship with Allison Gollust, a friend and colleague of over two decades. Sources tell DailyMail.com and other media outlets that their covert relationship began years before the outbreak. They are both divorced, at the age of 56 and 49. It is widely believed that Zucker and his wife Caryn split in 2018 and that Gollust and her husband Billy separated at the same time, if not before. Their romance was well-known among the CNN crew, who all resided in the same apartment complex as them and their families. Camerota defended the couple on Wednesday afternoon, claiming that given they are both “executives,” there was nothing wrong with it.
CNN’s media correspondent Brian Stelter put the responsibility on Chris Cuomo, who had his lawyers reveal the relationship as part of a parting deal. This is a group of two consenting individuals, both of whom are CEOs.’ It feels awful that they can’t have a private connection,’ Stelter and Victor Blackwell were told by the journalist. Although I speak for myself and my coworkers, it is something that I believe we all feel passionate about. I am heartbroken by this. ‘Jeff is an exceptional person and an exceptional leader,’ says the author. Even though he oversees a global news operation with tens of thousands of employees, he has the magical ability to make every one of us feel unique and important in our own way. ‘That doesn’t seem to happen very often,’ I remarked. It’s a tremendous loss. It’s truly a tragedy. ‘We are all devastated,’ Camerota said in an interview with the Daily Beast. Jeff is adored in this town. As far as any of us are concerned, there will never be a superior or more caring leader among us.
Cuomo’s Lawyers Requesting Communications Between Zucker
Cuomo’s lawyers are now requesting that CNN keep all of the communications between Zucker, Gollust, and Andrew Cuomo, according to DailyMail.com sources. If the emails and other communications that would reveal a close relationship between Zucker and Goliath are included, they will show the extent of their closeness as well as how Zucker pressured Andrew Cuomo to join CNN and used “potent negative storylines” to push his personal agenda on Trump and other conservatives.
As a result of the numerous sexual misconduct cases involving senior male staff and younger female employees at Fox News, critics of both Camerota and Stelter were outraged and referred back to her earlier statement that the network was “rotten to the core.” Other CNN reporters argued that they, as well as she, would have quickly condemned the romance if it had occurred on any other network. ‘Alisyn Camerota says Jeff Zucker should be exempt from the regulations. It doesn’t make him any less guilty because he’s the top dog and your best pal.
One observer said, ‘This isn’t a consent issue: The CNN sexcapades don’t bother Alisyn.’ “You’re such a hypocrite!” yelled a third. Unnamed sources tell Politico that Chris Cuomo’s legal team sparked the relationship when negotiating for the severance pay of the fired host. Chris Cuomo’s lawyers have sent CNN a letter demanding that any correspondence between Zucker, Gollust, and Andrew Cuomo be saved, according to DailyMail.com.
Matthew Belloni initially tweeted about this: Besides emails and other communications that demonstrate the long-term connection between Zucker and Gollust, the source states that Zucker urged Andrew Cuomo to go on CNN and how he promoted his personal agenda against Donald Trump and other conservatives with ‘powerful negative storylines.'”
