{"id":1851426,"date":"2023-02-17T13:20:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T18:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1851426"},"modified":"2023-02-17T13:22:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T18:22:58","slug":"cnns-don-lemon-gets-day-off-from-morning-coverage-day-after-sexist-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-don-lemon-gets-day-off-from-morning-coverage-day-after-sexist-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN&#8217;s Don Lemon Gets &#8220;Day Off&#8221; From Morning Coverage Day After Sexist Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fcnns-don-lemon-gets-day-off-from-morning-coverage-day-after-sexist-comment%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=1851426&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-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/original_lemon.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Don Lemon, CNN This Morning&#8217;s host, was absent Friday morning. This is despite his comments on Thursday that he believed that <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/watch-don-lemon-says-women-are-in-their-prime-in-their-20s-30s-and-maybe-40s\">Women are at their prime<\/a> &#8220;in their 20s and 30s and maybe 40s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Host <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/don-lemon-freaks-out-at-cnn-this-morning-co-host-over-her-interrupting-him\">Kaitlan Collins<\/a> During Friday&#8217;s morning broadcast, Lemon &#8220;has the day off,&#8221; while Poppy Harlow, who reportedly stormed off set following Lemon\u2019s Thursday comments, was in Salt Lake City for the NBA All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/don-lemons-cnn-colleagues-angered-stupid-remarks-about-nikki-haley-past-prime\">Fox News<\/a>, Lemon\u2019s absence from the Friday show was reportedly planned in advance of his comments, being set to take an extended weekend vacation.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of Thursday\u2019s show, Lemon told viewers &#8220;have a great weekend.&#8221; He is expected back to the show Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon said that Haley should be taking annual mental competency tests for politicians over 75. &#8220;isn\u2019t in her prime, sorry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A woman is considered to be in their prime in 20s and 30s and maybe 40s,&#8221; He said:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Harlow, 40, questioned, &#8220;Prime for what?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lemon spoke to Harlow and the viewers &#8220;Google it&#8221; It&#8217;s not about &#8220;shoot the messenger.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m just saying what the facts are. Google it. Everybody at home, when is a woman in her prime, it says 20s, 30s, and40s,&#8221; He said. &#8220;And I\u2019m just saying Nikki Haley should be careful about saying that politicians are not in their prime, and they need to be in their prime when they serve. Because she wouldn&#8217;t be in her prime according to Google or whatever it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lemon is expected to discuss his comments with CNN colleagues on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The following is an extract from the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/16\/poppy-harlow-leaves-cnn-set-after-tense-exchange-with-don-lemon\/\">New York Post<\/a>Sources claim that Harlow walked off set after comments. One source claimed that Harlow took a &#8220;well time&#8221; Bathroom break, followed by Collins into the bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>According to a CNN insider, the comments could be the last straw for Lemon and Chris Licht, the CNN CEO who took over last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chris isn\u2019t happy and he has spoken to Don a couple times today,&#8221; According to a network source, the information was provided on Thursday.\u00a0&#8220;Don knows it can\u2019t happen again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In informal settings &#8220;Coffee with Chris&#8221; meeting on Thursday, 30 staffers raised questions with the CEO, with one asking about Lemon\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People say stupid things and that if it\u2019s a trend, then there\u2019s recourse,&#8221; the source with knowledge of the meeting said, paraphrasing Licht\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon wrote a tweet about his comments on Thursday afternoon. He stated that it was &#8220;inartful and irrelevant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reference I made to a woman\u2019s &#8216;prime&#8217; this morning was inartful and irrelevant, as colleagues and loved ones have pointed out, and I regret it. A woman\u2019s age doesn&#8217;t define her either personally or professionally. I have countless women in my life who prove that every day,&#8221; Lemon shared his thoughts on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lemon\u2019s post reportedly came in response to feedback he received from female colleagues, with Licht supporting the idea of Lemon issuing a statement, a network insider told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Lemon\u2019s statement, Twitter users doubled down on their disapproval, including Haley.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be clear, I am NOT calling for competency tests for Sexist middle-aged CNN anchors; only for people who make our laws and are 75+,&#8221; Haley wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mellissa Melendez, a California state senator wrote. &#8220;It wasn\u2019t &#8216;inartful.\u2019 It was a deliberate statement directed toward only those with whom you differ politically. In Don\u2019s world I\u2019m past my prime. Too bad for those who think like him, I and many others &#8216;my age&#8217; are nowhere near being done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I believe he regrets saying it and he\u2019s sorry he did it on national television. But I believe he meant what he said when he said it and he believes it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n<p>This man treats his female cohosts as if they were garbage. CNN coddles and ignores his hostilities towards women,&#8221; Attorney Marina Medvin wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Predictable. And worst apology ever. [Don Lemon] Try the words, &#8216;I\u2019m sorry\u2026for being a left-wing misogynist,'&#8221; Sen. Ted Cruz wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lemon was, however, moved from his <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/lemon-squeezed-out-of-primetime-slot-moved-to-mornings-in-cnn-shakeup\">Primetime slot<\/a> After months of low viewership, September last year was a record month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Lemon, CNN This Morning&#8217;s host, was absent Friday morning. This is despite his comments on Thursday that he believed that Women are at their prime &#8220;in their 20s and 30s and maybe 40s.&#8221; Host Kaitlan Collins During Friday&#8217;s morning broadcast, Lemon &#8220;has the day off,&#8221; while Poppy Harlow, who reportedly stormed off set following &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1851429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[4881,5901,3711,7660,16093,7044,5960,6514],"class_list":["post-1851426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-cnns","tag-comment","tag-coverage","tag-day","tag-lemon","tag-morning","tag-off","tag-sexist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1851426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1851429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1851426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1851426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1851426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}