Don Lemon was fired from CNN, shocking colleagues and the anchor himself.
Network executives had only late last year picked Lemon to headline its new morning show alongside Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins. At that time, according to sources, Lemon’s contract had been renewed to encompass the new position. He was the highest-profile anchor on “CNN This Morning,” which was the brainchild of CNN chief Chris Licht, and which launched last November.
Then last February, Lemon made clumsy remarks — construed as sexist and misogynistic — about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, saying that as a woman in her 50s, she was not in her “prime.” The discussion became awkward between Lemon and his coanchors, and elicited a public reprimand from Licht, who characterized Lemon’s remarks as “upsetting, unacceptable and unfair to his cohosts.
Last year, Licht — who was handpicked by Discovery chief David Zaslav — abruptly shut down $300 million streaming service CNN+ just one month after it launched, laying off hundreds of staffers. More recently, the network’s media relations and production staffs have been slashed. And last week, CNN passed over Laura Coates, a legal analyst who was temporarily anchoring the 9 p.m. hour, for a full-time anchor gig at the network. Collins will be helming the 9 p.m.
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