Don Lemon Returns To CNN After Sexist Comments About Nikki Haley – Hollywood Life

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Don Lemon Returns To CNN After Sexist Comments About Nikki Haley – Hollywood Life





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Don Lemon was again on the desk of CNN This Morning on Wednesday (Feb. 22), returning after a near-weeklong absence after saying Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was previous her “prime.” Though Don, 56, and co-host Poppy Harlow didn’t point out what he mentioned about Haley, Don tweeted an apology forward of his look. “I appreciate the opportunity to be back on @CNNThisMorning today. To my network, my colleagues, and our incredible audience — I’m sorry. I’ve heard you, I’m learning from you, and I’m committed to doing better. See you soon.”

This marked Don’s second apology, following what he mentioned on the Feb. 16 broadcast. That morning, Don, Poppy, 40, and cohost Kaitlan Collins, 30, mentioned Haley’s proposal that politicians over 75 must be topic to obligatory psychological competency checks. “This whole talk about age makes me uncomfortable. I think it’s the wrong road to go down. She says people, you know, politicians are suddenly not in their prime. Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime,” Don mentioned of the 51-year-old Haley, per the New York Post. “A woman is considered to be in their prime in [their] 20s and 30s and maybe 40s.”

The feedback instantly rankled Don’s cohosts. ” “What are you talking about, wait … Prime for what?” requested Poppy. ” “That’s not according to me,” argued Don. It’s like, prime. If you look it up. If you Google when is a lady in her prime, it’ll say 20s, 30s, and 40s. I’m simply saying Nikki Haley must be cautious about saying that politicians usually are not of their prime they usually have to be of their prime once they serve. Because she wouldn’t be in her prime in keeping with, you realize, Google.”

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Don tweeted an apology after the feedback. “The reference I made to a woman’s ‘prime’ this morning was inartful and irrelevant, as colleagues and loved ones have pointed out, and I regret it,” he wrote. “A woman’s age doesn’t define her either personally or professionally. I have countless women in my life who prove that every day.” Lemon was absent on Friday, Monday, and Tuesday’s episodes of CNN This Morning.

Nikki Haley – the previous governor of South Carolina and ex-ambassador to the United Nations – introduced her presidential candidacy on Feb. 14. At a political rally the subsequent day, she introduced her place on testing aged politicians. “In the America I see, the permanent politician will finally retire,” Haley mentioned, per The Hill. “We’ll have term limits for Congress and mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old.”

President Joe Biden turns 81 in November 2023. The solely different Republican working within the 2024 election, Donald Trump, turns 77 in June. The Hill additionally notes that help for Haley is at present “mired in the single digits.”



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