Don Lemon’s former CNN co-anchors early Tuesday addressed his sudden firing from the network one day earlier, sharing news of his departure with the outlet’s audience and praising his nearly 20-year career at the cable news giant. “We begin with some news about this show,” anchor Poppy Harlow said as “CNN This Morning,” opened. In a statement, which Harlow read on the air, CNN president Chris Licht said, “Don will forever be a part of the CNN family.”“Don was a big part of this show for the past six months,” co-host Kaitlan Collins said. “He was one of the first anchors on CNN to ever have me on his show. “Don Lemon’s statement about this morning’s events is inaccurate,” a CNN spokesperson said shortly afterward, pushing back on the anchor’s framing of the circumstances surrounding his departure.

Source: CNN April 25, 2023 16:29 UTC