Roommates, it seems to be like CNN shall be reducing Don Lemon a CHECK verify! According to The Wrap, CNN has agreed to cough up $24.5 million to settle his contract following his termination final yr.
Sources completely introduced the tea to The Wrap. Apparently, the $24.5 million is Don’s “full complete pay from his final contract.” Representatives for Don Lemon haven’t responded to requests for remark from The Wrap and PEOPLE.
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As beforehand reported, the media large let go of the primetime host in April 2023. At the time, Don had spent 17 years in entrance of CNN’s audiences, reporting all the things from arduous information to politics and native tales. The Wrap experiences that his last contract had an extension of three.5 years left when CNN terminated him.
Don Lemon Told Fans CNN “Stunned” Him With Their Decision
Like his longtime followers, Don Lemon stated CNN blindsided him with the termination. In an announcement final yr, he revealed that he realized the information from his agent. No one at CNN had contacted him straight after practically 20 years with the corporate.
“I am stunned. After 17 years at CNN I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly. At no time was I ever given any indication that I would not continue to do the work I have loved at the network. It is clear that there are some larger issues at play.”
Additionally, Lemon thanked his “colleagues and the many teams” he labored with on the outlet, calling them the “most talented journalists in the business.”
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But CNN wasn’t going out like that within the public eye. Soon after Don’s assertion, they launched their two-sentence rebuttal, seemingly suggesting he was mendacity.
But Don-Don has since moved on from his CNN days with grace! In addition to securing the $24.5 million payout, he’s launching a self-titled newscast that may stream on X (previously Twitter) beginning subsequent month!
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