#CNN staff don’t know how to handle Chris Cuomo’s scandal role

Chris Cuomo’s CNN colleagues are confused at him being allowed to stay on air without mentioning his brother’s sex-harassment scandal — with some “dismayed” that he was not disciplined for his involvement in trying to cover it up, according to a report.

The 50-year-old anchor has remained hosting his hour-long “Cuomo Prime Time” show without any mention of the mushrooming scandal facing him and his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The prime-time news silence on the biggest story of the day is jarring for viewers — and even more confusing for Chris Cuomo’s colleagues at the left-leaning network, sources admitted to The New York Times.

So far none of CNN’s sizable pool of female anchors or on-air contributors have discussed their colleague’s role in advising his brother, even though many have been vocal supporters of the #MeToo movement, analysis by Fox News showed.

However, many staffers have privately expressed dismay that Cuomo has been allowed to stay on air without addressing the scandal — with some insisting that he should have been disciplined, sources told the Times.

While many were too scared to go on the record with their complaints, Jake Tapper has been a lone voice at the network willing to speak out against his fellow anchor, the Times noted.

After it first emerged that his colleague had been moonlighting to advise his brother, Tapper told the Times in May that it “put us in a bad spot.”

“I cannot imagine a world in which anybody in journalism thinks that that was appropriate,” he said at the time.

“I certainly understand the love that Chris has for his brother, and I have a brother and I get it, but that was not a fun day,” said Tapper.

CNN had offered Cuomo a leave of absence to help his brother, but he seemingly rejected it, later admitting that it was a “mistake” to put his company in such a bad position.

The fact that he remained on-air this week is a clear signal that he still has the full support of CNN’s worldwide president, Jeff Zucker, the Times noted.

One of the network’s top execs, Allison Gollust, used to be the governor’s PR chief — which former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer suggested this week is why CNN has let off the TV-host sibling.

Zucker had previously reveled in his anchor’s interviews with his powerful politician brother during the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, spots that dramatically raised the TV journalist’s profile, the outlet noted.

The anchor, however, has been direct about where his loyalty lies.

“I’m family first, job second,” he told viewers in May while admitting to his moonlighting “mistake.”

Cuomo will be off-air next week, but for a break that was planned long before the scandal, the Times said. His 63-year-old brother, meanwhile, remains holed up in the Executive Mansion, where The Post spotted him lounging around his pool.