Anthony Cumia
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| Born | April 26, 1961 New York City, U.S. |
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Jennifer Cumia
(m. 1990; div. 2002) |
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| Country | United States |
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Anthony Cumia (born April 26, 1961) is an American shock jock, podcaster and broadcaster. He is the host of The Anthony Cumia Show on WABC's Talkradio 77 and the online video platform, Compound Censored. He was the co-host of the Opie and Anthony radio show, along with Gregg "Opie" Hughes, which aired from 1995 to 2014.
In 2014, Cumia was fired by SiriusXM Radio after posting a series of racist tweets in which he claimed to have been assaulted by a Black woman. In 2015, he was arrested for assaulting his then-girlfriend and pled guilty to third-degree assault and criminal obstruction of breathing. He started his own video podcast soon after named The Anthony Cumia Show, which aired until September 2017, when he started The Artie and Anthony Show with comedian and actor Artie Lange. In May 2018, Lange left the show and was replaced by Dave Landau; the show's name reverted to The Anthony Cumia Show.