Fired CNN Host Don Lemon Says He’s In No Rush To Find New Job – Deadline

Lemon additionally swatted away a query about whether or not he was “going after the company.”

“No, no, no,” he responded. “I’m going to spend my summer on the beach and on the boat with my family and just chill out and I’ll see what happens next.”

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Lemon, who spent 17 years on the community, most not too long ago co-hosted CNN This Morning. In February he made headlines along with his on-air remark that Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was previous “her prime,” and final fall he drew criticism when he stated the U.S. males’s soccer staff needs to be paid greater than the ladies’s staff as a result of the boys’s staff was “more interesting to watch.”

On Monday, Lemon tweeted the information about his firing. “I am stunned. After 17 years at CNN I would have thought someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly. At no time was I ever given any indication that I would not be able to continue to do the work I have loved at the network. It is clear that there are some larger issues at play. With that said, I want to thank my colleagues and the many teams I have worked with for an incredible run. They are the most talented journalists in the business, and I wish them all the best.”

CNN’s preliminary tweet stated, “CNN and Don have parted ways. Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years. We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors.” After Lemon’s tweet, CNN stated in an announcement: “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.”

On the pink carpet final night time, Lemon was requested it he’d do something in a different way. “I live my life with no regrets and whatever I did, I did, and I own it,” he responded.