Chris Cuomo told CNN viewers Monday that he wasn�t an adviser to outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, �I�m a brother.�

Then he detailed the advice he gave him � including to resign.

Both the network and its �CNN Prime Time� host have faced criticism for his interactions with his older brother, who announced last week that he would resign following a state attorney general�s report detailing harassment accusations against him.

On Monday, back from vacation for his first day on the air since Andrew Cuomo�s announcement, Chris Cuomo addressed the issues for what he said would be the last time.

�I tried to do the right thing and I just want you all to know that,� he said.

Following a May report in The Washington Post that Chris Cuomo had joined in strategy calls with a group of his brother�s advisers when the harassment allegations surfaced, CNN called it inappropriate. Cuomo said that it was a mistake and said Monday he did not do it again.

The network did not comment further when details of those early meetings emerged in the attorney general�s report, and has not disciplined him publicly.

�I wasn�t in control of anything,� Cuomo said on the air. �I was there to listen and offer my take. And my advice to my brother was simple and consistent � own what you did, tell people what you�ll try to do to be better, be contrite. Finally, accept that it doesn�t matter what you intended, what matters is how your actions and your words are perceived.�

While he never imagined he would have to do it, �I did advise my brother to resign when the time came,� he said.

That advice apparently came after the attorney general�s report. The Post said in May that when the charges first came up, Chris Cuomo urged his brother to take a defiant position and not resign.

Chris Cuomo said he never reported on his brother�s situation for CNN and never attempted to influence coverage of the situation by others at the network. He made note of his brother�s appearances on his show for interviews at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year � an exception to the policy that he not report on his brother � but said they were �short-lived.�

He said he knew there would be a time his brother would be held to account, and �I could not do that.�

�It�s never easy being in this business and coming from a political family,� said Cuomo, son of the late Mario Cuomo, a three-term New York governor.

(AP)