Hannity defends CNN's Cuomo: "No one in this country should be provoked because of his political convictions"

Sean Hannity, of Fox News, said Tuesday that he was not supporting the harassment of any public figure and that he "admired" Cuomo for defending his CNN anchor, Chris Cuomo.

"I do not support the harassment of public figures, especially in front of their children and their family, their wife," said the host at "Hannity," echoing his tweet on Monday night.

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"No one in this country should be provoked because of his political beliefs or opinions."

A video of Cuomo went viral on Monday night showing the journalist cursing and threatening a man who, it seems, taunted the host by calling him "Fredo", a reference to the frail Corleone's brother portrayed by the late actor John Cazale in the saga "The Godfather".

"No, punk-ass b —- es from the right call me" Fredo. "I'm calling Chris Cuomo. I'm an anchor of CNN," Cuomo yelled at l & # 39; man.

Hannity said that Cuomo was justified in his reaction; he should not have excused himself and rejected the language used when confronting his rowdy.

"Chris has the right to defend himself, and we can not be bogus here … we've all heard those words before," Hannity said.

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Cuomo's former colleague, Jeffrey Lord, of CNN, also offered his support during his appearance on "Hannity".

"I know Chris as a former CNN colleague and, you know, he does not deserve that – he's a good person," Lord said, calling the incident "totally unacceptable." ".