'That how this happened?!' Chris Cuomo shares cringeworthy photo of his bulging bicep in response to Twitter troll who said the CNN host loves himself so much he'd break his own arm pleasuring himself

 CNN host Chris Cuomo raised eyebrows after posing a photo of himself flexing his bicep after being branded an ego-crazed compulsive masturbator by an internet troll.  

The musclebound soapboxer, 50, wrote: 'That how this happened?!' after a Twitter user called uncle ruckus sneered: 'You're gonna break your arm j**king yourself off.' 

Cuomo's response continued: 'Hahahaha. Come on, baby, dont hate - facilitate. You can do better than this petty bs.'

The bizarre exchange came after uncle ruckus blasted Cuomo over his coverage of last Thursday's Miami condo collapse, that has killed at least 10 people, and left 51 unaccounted for.    

One tweeter called StanYeahMan hailed Chris for his reporting of the Florida disaster, writing: 'Chris, you and your colleagues are doing crucial work and doing it damn well. God bless you, man, and take care of yourself.' 

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CNN host Chris Cuomo posted a picture of his arm on Twitter Monday in a widely panned response to a critic 

Chris responded to the simpering words by sharing the tweet, and adding his own thoughts. He wrote: 'Appreciated. We all know what we would want if we had missing loved ones. Crisis has no hue of red or blue. Or at least it shouldnt. The #SurfsideCollapse community was warm and embracing of need. Impressive and respected.'

But his apparent self-congratulations cut little ice with uncle ruckus, with others joining in after Cuomo stoked the flames by replying to the unkind message.  

Predictably, the backlash was swift, with many references to the host's ego, a particular Godfather character, as well as the various scandals he his brother Andrew Cuomo have found themselves in. 

'Find yourself someone who loves you... as much as Chris Cuomo loves himself,' tweeted KTTH Radio host Jason Rantz.

'Kind of says it all...doesn't it?' posted Fox host Lisa Booth.

Fox host Joey Jones appeared to lambast Cuomo's workout form, tweeting: 'If you ever want to work your triceps I'm happy to share some tips and routines!' 

'Is this the arm you use to threaten the biker who caught you breaking quarantine,' Federalist writer Kate Hyde tweeted, and later added. 'This tweet is not the flex you think it is, @chriscuomo.' 

Others were just astonished. 

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Many of the responses made reference to a specific Godfather character Cuomo has been open about his disdain for

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Others pointed to scandals that he or his brother, Andrew Cuomo have been involved in

The mocking responses ranged from astonishment, to comments about Cuomo's ego and various scandals he has found himself in 

References to Fredo are a jab at Cuomo's sensitivity at being referred to as the Godfather character Fredo Corleone, the brother in the family who is viewed as weak.

In a 2019 Cuomo was caught on tape in a heated exchange with a festival-goer who had called him by the name. 

'Punk-ass b****es from the right call me "Fredo." My name is Chris Cuomo. I'm an anchor on CNN,' a visibly angry Cuomo tells the man. 'They use that as an Italian slur. Are any of you Italian?... It's a f***ing insult to your people. It's an insult to your f**kin' people. It's like the N-word for us. Is that a cool f***ing thing?'  

Other references made to Cuomo scandals include his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sexual harassment allegations and his response to the coronavirus, as well as when the CNN host expressed his rage at a biker who passed by his Long Island home and confronted him about social distancing rules. 

'I don’t want some jackass, loser, fat-tire biker being able to pull over and get in my space and talk bulls–t to me, I don’t want to hear it,' Cuomo said on his SiriusXM show last April.