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Chris Cuomo laughs as he interviewed a TikTok influencer with Tourette’s syndrome, who repeatedly told Cuomo to ‘f**k off’ and mimicked a British accent
Baylen Dupree, a freshman at West Virginia University, shared her journey dealing with Tourette’s, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by rapid and repetitive tics and sounds.
During the interview aired on NewsNation Tuesday night, she repeatedly told Cuomo to ‘f**k off’ and gestured by raising her middle finger to the 53-year-old news anchor.
Minutes into the conversation, Cuomo smiled and laughed when Dupree, in a humorous British accent, said, ‘Go f*** yourself, Chris a** bunny, old biscuit fat a**.’
After the tics, she continued the conversation, stating, ‘I also receive hate from people who have told me that my parents deserve to die in a car accident.’
![Chris Cuomo laughs as Baylen Dupree, a freshman at West Virginia University, shared her journey dealing with Tourette's, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by rapid and repetitive tics and sounds](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/13/21/78930411-12860849-image-a-87_1702502671930.jpg)
Chris Cuomo laughs as Baylen Dupree, a freshman at West Virginia University, shared her journey dealing with Tourette’s, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by rapid and repetitive tics and sounds
![During the interview aired on NewsNation Tuesday night, she repeatedly told Cuomo to 'f**k off' and made gestures by raising her middle finger to the 53-year-old news anchor](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/13/21/78930409-12860849-image-a-88_1702502680251.jpg)
During the interview aired on NewsNation Tuesday night, she repeatedly told Cuomo to ‘f**k off’ and made gestures by raising her middle finger to the 53-year-old news anchor
Dupree, a freshman in college and a social media influencer with 9million followers on TikTok, went viral after she documented her life with Tourette’s Syndrome.
Tourette’s, which usually begins in childhood and is characterized by involuntary motor and vocal tics, is thought to affect around 1.4million Americans, including Billie Eilish.
Vocal tics include humming or yelling out certain phrases, which Dupree had exhibited throughout her interview with Cuomo by repeatedly saying: ‘F**k off, f**k that b**ch’.
‘I want people to learn that Tourette’s is … a neurological involuntary motor and vocal disorder,’ Dupree said Tuesday on CUOMO, which airs on NewsNation every weeknight.
‘There’s a lot of things that people don’t understand, like people think that cursing is (typical) with everyone who has Tourette’s syndrome, but it’s only in ten percent of people with Tourette’s.’
‘I get thousands of DMs from parents, from teachers, from girls that have been diagnosed with Tourette’s and they’ve had to be kicked out of school for attention seeking because they rip up their homework or do things like that,’ she said.
![Dupree, a freshman in college and a social media influencer with 9million followers on TikTok, went viral after she documented her life with Tourette's Syndrome](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/13/21/78930419-12860849-image-a-89_1702502902263.jpg)
Dupree, a freshman in college and a social media influencer with 9million followers on TikTok, went viral after she documented her life with Tourette’s Syndrome
![She raised her middle finger in one of the videos](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/13/21/78930401-12860849-image-m-93_1702502937525.jpg)
![She covered her face with hands while twitching her face](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/13/21/78930403-12860849-image-a-94_1702502944525.jpg)
She documented her life with Tourette’s Syndrome in her videos where she constantly exhibited verbal and motor tics
![Cuomo attempted to hold back his laughter as Dupree exhibited tics during the interview](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/13/21/78930415-12860849-image-a-95_1702503078312.jpg)
Cuomo attempted to hold back his laughter as Dupree exhibited tics during the interview
![Minutes into the conversation, Cuomo laughs when Dupree said in a funny British accent, 'Go f*** yourself, Chris a** bunny, old biscuit fat a**'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/13/21/78930443-12860849-image-a-96_1702503130472.jpg)
Minutes into the conversation, Cuomo laughs when Dupree said in a funny British accent, ‘Go f*** yourself, Chris a** bunny, old biscuit fat a**’
‘I also get very evil people that would come and say…’ she can be seen having trouble finishing the sentence during the interview.
Cuomo attempted to hold back his laughs by covering his face with both hands and shaking his head.
The interview continued after Dupree’s swearing tics.
‘People have told me that my parents deserve to die in a car accident. I have had police at my house because people gave out of my location and said they are gonna come to torch my house, like it’s crazy.’
Cuomo made an effort to encourage the influencer by saying: ‘Here’s the thing. Clinically, people suck, and they are stupid and they are mean. They try to make themselves feel better by going after others, and your are the antidote, my young friend.’
‘Because you have my kids…’ Cuomo paused and laughed again as the influencer raised her middle finger at him on the video call.
‘You have my kids repeating you lines, so that it’s almost because cool,’ he continued. ‘Because you are real and you are living your truth. They love the bravery about it, and so do I.’
Dupree said during the interview that she wants to become a physical therapist or a personal trainer because exercise has helped her.
‘I go to the gym five days a week and I go to workout class, splitting it though out the week,’ she said, appeared to be in pain while blinking.
‘It’s my release. I obviously go to the gym and I wear headphones and that’s also a very big factor in how… f*** off. F**k Collin, f**k that b***h,’ she said later on.
‘I love seeing him [your boyfriend] in the video. You guys have a great bond. I love everything about your family and I love the story you are telling people,’ Cuomo said.
Dupree raised her middle finger and pointed to the camera: ‘You’re done, you’re done.’
Cuomo laughed and said: ‘You know what, I am done. I gotta go to phone calls because they are blown up with supports for you.’
He was interrupted by Dupree, who said: ‘Blow up that wiener.’
!['Because you have my kids...' Cuomo paused and laughed again as the influencer raised her middle finger at him on the video call](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/13/21/78930449-12860849-image-a-99_1702503444287.jpg)
‘Because you have my kids…’ Cuomo paused and laughed again as the influencer raised her middle finger at him on the video call
![Dupree said during the interview that she wants to become a physical therapist or a personal trainer because exercise has helped her](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/13/21/78930441-12860849-image-a-98_1702503376827.jpg)
Dupree said during the interview that she wants to become a physical therapist or a personal trainer because exercise has helped her
!['It's my release. I obviously go to the gym and I wear headphones and that's also a very big factor in how… f*** off. F**k Collin, f**k that b***h,' she said later on](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/13/21/78930455-12860849-image-a-97_1702503371030.jpg)
‘It’s my release. I obviously go to the gym and I wear headphones and that’s also a very big factor in how… f*** off. F**k Collin, f**k that b***h,’ she said later on
The interview has sparked overwhelming reactions from social media users, with many dubbing the video as ‘the most entertaining video this year.’
‘Even though Chris Cuomo has never been a credible or professional tv host, it would be difficult for anyone to not react to this. Poor girl,’ one wrote.
Another person said: ‘That’s the best content Cuomo has produced in years.’
Cuomo was fired from CNN in December 2021 – a move which cost him nearly $15million in salary that he would have earned if he had served out his contract.
He then took a new job at NewsNation, where he averages less than ten percent of the viewership number he used to receive on CNN.
He is suing CNN for more than $60million over his abrupt firing and is also believed to be in litigation with HarperCollins, the publisher of his book, Deep Denial, which was canceled after his firing.