Don Lemon fired – live: CNN anchor says he has ‘no regrets’ and ‘owns his actions’ after exit
‘I don’t look back and I don’t want to change things in the past’
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Your support makes all the difference.Don Lemon has said he had no regrets and “owns” his actions after being fired from CNN following his 17-year stint with the network.
Lemon announced his firing on Monday, saying he was “stunned” after being informed of the decision by his agent, and lamenting the lack of “decency” in the handling of the situation, which CNN rejected as “inaccurate”.
“Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years,” CNN said. “We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavours.”
“I live my life with no regrets. I did what I did and I own it, and so no, I don’t look back and I don’t want to change things in the past,” Lemon said in an interview with Extra TV at the Time 100 Gala NYC.
It came as Lemon had been mired in a string of controversies in recent months – with accusations of making offensive on-air comments about women and of mistreating female coworkers off-camera. Lemon has denied the allegations.
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He previously came under fire for asking political commentator SE Cupp if she was suffering from “mommy brain”.
His comment was branded “sexist” by viewers.
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“Wow what a sexist comment,” one viewer wrote on Twitter.
Voices: ‘The Don Lemon scandal is not a scandal’
For The Independent, Clémence Michallon previously argued that the Don Lemon scandal over his infamous Nikki Haley comments was not a scandal at all.
Find out her reasoning here:
The Don Lemon scandal is not a scandal | Voices
I’m not excusing what he said. I’m just not that surprised that he said it
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