His own network has turned against him.
According to reports from multiple media outlets, CNN staffers are upset with morning host Don Lemon’s remarks about 2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley; he said she “isn’t in her prime.”
From Fox News:
A CNN insider told Fox News Digital that while everyone makes mistakes, women inside the network were extremely upset with his comments.
Another insider described it thusly: “Everyone’s annoyed… People are definitely upset about it.”
“I was trying to figure out what the hell he was even talking about,” a third CNN insider said. “None of it made sense, it was a stupid thing to say.”
Lemon made the remarks in response to the 51-year-old Haley calling for politicians over 75 years old to undergo annual mental competency tests. Saying he was “uncomfortable” with discussions of age, Lemon declared Haley “isn’t in her prime, sorry.”
“A woman is considered to be in their prime in 20s and 30s and maybe 40s,” he said, as co-host Poppy Harlow remarked sharply, “Prime for what?” Put on the defensive, Lemon told Harlow, 40, and his viewers to “Google it” and not to “shoot the messenger.” Also flanking Lemon was his 30-year-old co-host Kaitlan Collins.
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Fox News Digital has learned Lemon is expected to address the matter internally with CNN colleagues on Friday morning.
Don Lemon has led CNN’s morning show to its worst ratings in the last decade.
ICYMI, watch the awkward moment above.