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Don Lemon‘s absence from the “CNN This Morning” desk almost received misplaced within the sauce on the high of the present Monday … which might be extra writing on the wall for his time on the community.
Poppy Harlow — who could or will not be in her “prime,” in line with Don — opened the present with Sara Sidner sitting subsequent to her and ran down the large breaking story about President Biden‘s shock go to to Ukraine.
Sandwiched between that information and asserting her different cohost, Katilin Collins, being in Poland … Poppy stated, “Don has the day without work.”
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It was actually one second and in the event you weren’t on the lookout for it, you’d certainly miss it. Obviously, the honchos at CNN did not need to make a giant deal in regards to the late choice for Lemon to sit out Monday’s broadcast … on the heels of his misogynist remark final Thursday about Nikki Haley.
Now, Don additionally had Friday off — that was scheduled previous to the Haley comment — and he spent it lounging on a Miami seashore … seemingly not having a care on this planet.
But, as we reported, his Monday absence was not pre-scheduled, and staffers came upon in a memo circulated this weekend in regards to the ‘This Morning’ lineup change.
It’s unclear if Don’s skipping as we speak was his choice or his bosses’. No one’s spilling that tea simply but … because the fallout continues from Lemon saying Haley was “not in her prime” on the age of 51 — as a result of, as he put it, Google says a lady’s prime is in her 20s, 30s, “and perhaps 40s.”
The reference I made to a lady’s “prime” this morning was inartful and irrelevant, as colleagues and family members have identified, and I remorse it. A lady’s age would not outline her both personally or professionally. I’ve numerous girls in my life who show that day by day.
— Don Lemon (@donlemon) February 16, 2023
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Lemon apologized, first on Twitter, after which on a Friday morning telephone name to CNN’s editorial employees … however his mea culpa hasn’t been warmly obtained by a few of his coworkers. There are stories CNN execs are contemplating making a change, however now we have not confirmed that.