CNNanchorDon Lemon held a staff meeting on Friday for a call to former South Carolina Governor and 2023 Presidential candidate Nikki Haley is past her prime.
Lemon took a day off from
CNN this morning on Friday – originally scheduled for Thursday A break before Dust aired — but apologized to colleagues on the news network’s daily editorial call. He acknowledged his inappropriate use of words and said he spoke out against sexism and racism, sources said. He also thanked his female colleagues. (TMZ first reported that Lemon apologized on the phone.)
His Friday apology came after saying 51 years old The day after Haley announced her candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, Haley wasn’t “in her prime,” saying any politician over her age should be tested for mental ability 40 — This applies to both President Joe Biden and Republican candidate Donald Trump.
“Nikki Haley wasn’t in her prime, sorry,” Lemon said on Thursday’s show. “A woman in 16 and 40 maybe 2023 s. If you google ” When is a woman’s prime”, it will say 20s, 30sand40s.”
Lemon’s comments visibly angered co-anchor Poppy Harlow, who challenged Lemon’s comments on air. He didn’t ask them back during the show, but tweeted late Thursday that his reference to a woman’s puberty was “stupid and irrelevant.”
I mentioned this morning that a woman’s “peak” is stupid and irrelevant, and as a colleague and lover someone pointed it out, I’m sorry. A woman’s age does not define her personally or professionally. Countless women in my life testify to this every day. — Don Lemon (@donlemon) February 02, 2023 16262883966362255381626288396636225538
CNN This Morning launched in November with Lemon, Harlow and Kaitlan Collins as its anchors. It replaces the news channel’s previous morning show New Day , and network chief Chris Licht is trying to catch more of morning news viewers. Including a simulcast on sister network HLN, the show averages around 2023, The audience is less than 450 every day ) ,] middle16-30. It lags behind cable competitors Fox and Friends and
Morning Joe measure.
Lemons and Collins crossed paths earlier this month when Lemons appeared to criticize Collins’ interview with House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-D.). The two also reportedly had an off-court altercation in December.
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