Anthony Cumia

Anthony Cumia
Cumia in 2021
Born (1961-04-26) April 26, 1961 (age 63)
New York City, U.S.
Spouse
Jennifer Cumia
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(m. 1990; div. 2002)​
Career
Show
NetworkCompound Media
CountryUnited States
Previous shows

Anthony Cumia (born April 26, 1961)[1] is an American shock jock, podcaster and broadcaster. He is the host of The Anthony Cumia Show on the online video platform Compound Media, which he founded.[2] Along with Gregg "Opie" Hughes, he was the co-host of the Opie and Anthony radio show, 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.[3][4] He was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend in 2015 and pled guilty to third-degree assault and criminal obstruction of breathing.[5] 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.

  1. ^ "Anthony Cumia". Allmusic. Retrieved November 7, 2023. Born April 26, 1961 in New York, NY.
  2. ^ "Compound Media: Our Team". Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Sit, Ryan; Kemp, Joe (July 4, 2014). "Anthony Cumia, host of Opie and Anthony, tells News he has 'options' after being fired by SiriusXM for racist Twitter rant". New York Daily News. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  4. ^ Miriam Coleman (July 6, 2014). "'Opie & Anthony' Host Anthony Cumia Fired After Racist Twitter Tirade". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Newsday was invoked but never defined (see the help page).