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The Chris Cuomo Project

Free Agent, Sean Penn, Andrii Yermak, and Ukraine

The Chris Cuomo Project

Chris Cuomo

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.53.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

In the debut of The Chris Cuomo Project, renowned broadcast journalist Chris Cuomo addresses his absence from the airwaves, his ongoing personal transformation, and what it means to be a “free agent.” Academy Award-winning actor and activist Sean Penn joins Chris for a conversation about his forthcoming documentary about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Andrii Yermak, Ukraine’s Head of the Presidential Administration, speaks with Chris about his nation’s ongoing battle. Plus, a military veteran volunteering to provide safe passage to Ukrainian refugees shares his experience of the situation on the ground.  Subscribe and follow The Chris Cuomo Project on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube for new episodes every Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Chris Cuomo, and welcome to my home.

0:03.4

First, thank you.

0:05.4

Thank you for being here, and thank you for all the good thoughts.

0:09.0

Thank you for checking in on me and the family,

0:11.7

and for telling me to get back here.

0:14.5

I really appreciate all of it more than you can imagine.

0:19.2

I'm sorry it took this long, but as you may know,

0:23.0

this has been an interesting few months for me.

0:25.3

Some hardship, yes, but also a renewed sense of purpose.

0:31.2

Now, for me, the past is the past, and there is no benefit to you

0:35.6

if I relitigate what was said and done involving my brother.

0:39.8

And there are some outstanding legal fights that I have to respect.

0:43.1

But let me be clear.

0:45.1

I really do regret how everything ended,

0:47.7

but I will never regret helping my family.

0:51.6

I promised my father I would always be there

0:54.9

for my brother, and I always will be.

0:58.8

Just like he has always been there for me,

1:02.3

just like my sisters have been there for me

1:05.1

and have been there for him.

1:07.2

That's family.

1:08.7

Now, still there is loss and there's sadness.

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