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Television anchor Don Lemon arrives at the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala at the Hilton Midtown in New York City on December 6, 2022.
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CNN anchor Don Lemon will leave the network after 17 years, Lemon and CNN said Monday, in the wake of reports that he mistreated women he worked with during his tenure there.
Lemon, who hosted “CNN This Morning,” said his agent informed him about his termination Monday morning.
“I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly,” Lemon said in a Twitter post Monday. “At no time was I ever given any indication that I would not be able to continue to do the work I have loved at this network.”
Lemon added that “it is clear that there are some larger issues at play.”
CNN confirmed the news in a statement Monday. The network’s CEO Chris Licht said Lemon and CNN “parted ways.”
“Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years,” the network said in a statement. “We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors.”
CNN added that the morning show Lemon hosted would continue to run. The program has been on air for nearly six months, and the network said it is “committed to its success.”
The announcement came an hour after Fox News announced that right wing primetime host Tucker Carlson is leaving the cable network immediately.
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