Influential billionaire John Catsimatidis stated he’s been left with “tears in my eyes” amid a bitter feud along with his longtime “brother” Rudy Giuliani — that escalated when the previous mayor filed swimsuit towards him Monday.
Catsimatidis instructed The Submit that information of Giuliani’s lawsuit over his firing from his WABC radio gig in 2024 upset him after years of supporting the previous mayor even throughout current, troubling instances.
“I’m very, very disenchanted in my good friend proper now,” Catsimatidis, whose Crimson Apple Media group owns the native radio station, stated proper earlier than happening air Monday evening.
“I’ve tears in my eyes. I all the time supported him throughout his powerful instances,” the grocery retailer mogul stated.
“President Trump couldn’t assist him, he was out of workplace” Catsimatidis added, referring to Giuliani’s authorized nightmare following the 2020 election, the place the previous mayor went from being a millionaire to doing paid social media appearances on the “Cameo” app.
“I’m the one who helped him,” he stated.
One insider instructed The Submit that when the previous mayor was “practically homeless in New York Metropolis, there was one individual — his finest good friend — who was there for him.”
“As an alternative of giving him a present for his friendship,” the insider quipped, “he provides him a lawsuit.”
Catsimatidis publicly stated Giuliani was taken off the air in Might 2024 for happening rants claiming that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
However Giuliani claims in his new lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court docket, that he was actually fired for standing up for his beleaguered co-host, Dr. Maria Ryan, who sued Catsimatidis for wage-based intercourse discrimination in late 2024.
His lawsuit goes in tandem with the one filed by his rumored paramour, Ryan, who hosted a WABC present with Giuliani and claimed she was sexually discriminated towards and paid a pittance — solely $200 per present —in comparison with different hosts, in keeping with courtroom filings.
“I complained to the station for a while that Dr. Maria was paid lower than males,” Giuliani instructed The Submit, claiming that he was pushed out because of this.
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“He ought to deal with girls the identical manner he treats males,” he stated of his longtime good friend Catsimatidis. “There was undoubtedly a hostility within the office towards girls. They might complain to me.”
However distraught Catsimatidis insisted that “we did nothing unsuitable” as he mourned the souring of his years-long relationship with the ex-mayor.
“We’ll go to courtroom. Let the choose determine,” he stated.
“We didn’t hearth him — we suspended him pending a cooling off interval, Friday to Monday,” Catsimatidis added. “He simply didn’t come again.”
“John would by no means do away with him,” one supply stated. “He handled him like a brother.”
Catsimatidis appeared blindsided on the information of the swimsuit by his longtime good friend, including that when he final noticed him, at a Mar-a-Largo dinner six months in the past, “I gave him a hug, and he accepted it.”
Ryan was on the identical dinner, however Catsimatidis stated the 2 didn’t share any pleasantries.
“I don’t assume she likes us very a lot,” he stated.
“The 2 issues that result in his downfall,” the supply stated of Giuliani: “alcohol and ladies.”
“If he have been nonetheless married to Donna Hanover, he’d be president at the moment.”
