CNN’s Chris Cuomo Questions Judgment of ‘News Celebrity’ Megyn Kelly

One of Donald Trump‘s many post-debate strategies for attacking Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly has been to point fans to her 2010 interview with raunchy radio host Howard Stern.

Aided by a Newsmax article recounting the five-year-old conversation, Trump suggested Kelly’s claims of “sexism” were nullified by her own sexually-charged discussion with Stern. Or something.

Asked for his thoughts Tuesday morning on the Kelly-Stern interview, CNN’s New Day host Chris Cuomo said that “being a news celebrity can be dicey,” and that “going on that show is an odd choice.”

The fact that Kelly’s breasts and husband’s private parts came up in conversation is “what happens with [Stern],” Cuomo added:

being a news celebrity can be dicey. and going on that show is an odd choice but thats what happens with him https://t.co/c5pGmPcsKC

— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) September 8, 2015

Many “news celebrities” have appeared on The Howard Stern Radio Show in the past, including Barbara Walters, Bill O’Reilly, Al Roker, Anderson Cooper, Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, and Rachel Maddow.

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