Lemon got into a heated argument with candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on the set of “CNN This Morning” last week and the televised clash reportedly played a role in his firing, the New York T…
Lemon got into a heated argument with Ramaswamy on the set of “CNN This Morning” last Wednesday and the televised clash reportedly played a role in his firing, theThe banished CNN star’s visible irritability during the conversation Ramaswamy on the Civil Rights movement, black Americans and the Second Amendment “left several CNN leaders exasperated,” two sources told the paper.
“Please, I cannot keep a thought if you guys are talking in my ear,” he said at one point during the segment.that he thought it was clear their on-air confrontation “played a role” in CNN’s decision to drop Lemon. Lemon, who is black, had said it was “insulting” that the GOPer was “sitting here, whatever ethnicity you are, explaining to me what it’s like to be black in America.”The televised clash was the latest story about Lemon to make waves following a series of recent headlines about his allegedly troubling behavior.
. He added that “a woman is considered to be in her prime in her 20s and 30s and maybe 40s” in a statement that was called out as sexist by people on all sides.The controversies leading up to Don Lemon’s CNN firingThe now ex-CNN anchor was in hot water multiple times in the — from his infamous Nikki Haley “past her prime” remark to a screaming match with a female co-host and alleged “diva” behavior.
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