{"id":1178163,"date":"2022-01-01T16:34:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T21:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1178163"},"modified":"2022-01-01T16:34:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T21:34:52","slug":"don-lemon-on-criticism-i-dont-care-what-you-think-about-me-i-am-a-grown-successful-black-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-on-criticism-i-dont-care-what-you-think-about-me-i-am-a-grown-successful-black-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Lemon on Criticism: &#039;I Don&#039;t Care What You Think About Me&#039; &#8212; &#039;I Am a Grown, Successful Black Man&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdon-lemon-on-criticism-i-dont-care-what-you-think-about-me-i-am-a-grown-successful-black-man%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1178163&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1193619822-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>During CNN\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve coverage, network commentator Don Lemon delivered a monologue directed at his critics.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon said he doesn\u2019t care what people think about him because he is a \u201cgrown, successful black man.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI carry the same drink almost the entire night, so it is kind of an act. But, I am letting people into my life, and this is how I am all the time. I share everything,\u201d Lemon began.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t give a \u2014 what you think about me. I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m a grown-ass man, and I don\u2019t care what you think about me,\u201d the \u201cDon Lemon Tonight\u201d host continued. \u201cI don\u2019t lie. I am who I am. I am a grown, successful black man who a lot of people hate because they\u2019re not used to seeing me, and people like me in the position I am to be able to share my point of view on television. It freaks people out. And you know what? You can kiss my behind. I do not care. I don\u2019t care. \u2026 I have one life. It is who I am, and I feel very \u2026 blessed and honored to be in this position, to be able to do this. For all of the hate I get, it\u2019s motivation to me. Bring it. I don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Trent Baker&nbsp;on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MagnifiTrent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@MagnifiTrent<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During CNN\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve coverage, network commentator Don Lemon delivered a monologue directed at his critics. 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