Don Lemon Says CNN Has Fired Him

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pic.twitter.com/8PyLqvS0d7— Don Lemon (@donlemon) April 24, 2023 Chris Licht, the CEO of CNN, said that the network and Lemon have “parted ways,” according to a memo posted on CNN’s official communications Twitter account six minutes after Lemon’s tweet went out.“Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years,” the statement reads. “We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors.”Lemon, who was interviewed by Metro Weeklyin 2016, was first hired by CNN in 2006, after a stint anchoring at NBC Chicago and working as a correspondent for NBC News, the TODAY show and the daily NBC Nightly News program.After multiple media outlets quoted Lemon’s tweet, CNN’s communications account issued a follow-up statement accusing Lemon of misrepresenting the facts surrounding his firing.“Don Lemon’s statement about this morning’s events is inaccurate.

He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter,” the company tweeted.Don Lemon’s statement about this morning’s events is inaccurate.

He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter.— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) April 24, 2023 While it’s unclear exactly what circumstances led to the firing, Lemon came under fire two months ago during a segment on CNN This Morning in which he said that Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, 51, was no longer in her “prime.”He opined that, for a woman, “prime” refers to someone “in her 20s, 30s and maybe her 40s,” as reported by NBC News.The comments were made while discussing a suggestion by Haley that candidates over the age of 75 should be subjected to mental.