CNN fired longtime television personality Don Lemon on Monday after multiple scandals and controversial comments on-air, ending his 17-year stint as one of the network’s most well-known—and outspoken—personalities. Lemon was hired by CNN as a correspondent following stints in local news—he anchored a series of weekend and weekday shows before eventually joining CNN’s primetime lineup. Lemon, who is Black, came under fire for arguing on CNN Saturday that Black Americans shouldn’t use the N-word or wear baggy pants, siding with then-Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. Lemon began hosting primetime show CNN Tonight, later renamed Don Lemon Tonight. Lemon was criticized for asking CNN political commentator S.E.

Source: CNN April 25, 2023 17:00 UTC