PR stunt or genuine do-gooder effort? According to a July 18 Daily Beast report, Chris Cuomo applied for the role of volunteer firefighter at his local East Hampton Fire Department after his firing from CNN last December. However, as sources told the outlet, Cuomo withdrew his application after finding out the time commitment required at the completely volunteer-led firehouse. “It’s a very time-consuming thing,” EHFD Chief Duane Forrester told the Daily Beast. “There are monthly meetings and drills and you have to meet a percentage of your calls.” Forrester added, “That’s why we don’t have many celebrities.” Cuomo isn’t the only disgraced former newsman to seek solace in the Hamptons, either. Former “Today” show host Matt Lauer has frequently been spotted in the ritzy Long Island beachfront area, and sold one of his mansions there in May.
Cuomo isn’t just chilling in the Hamptons, though. He has still been keeping busy as a freelance reporter via his own Instagram account. Filming on-the-ground videos from the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict, Cuomo updated his feed with a July 11 Instagram post. Showing Ukrainian trenches being dug to hide from destructive Russian shelling, Cuomo wrote in his caption, “America should be paying a lot more attention… The interest here has slowed…the war is only accelerating.”
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