{"id":2203439,"date":"2024-03-21T14:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemons-x-deal-may-have-evaporated-over-his-diva-demands-report\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T14:20:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:20:12","slug":"don-lemons-x-deal-may-have-evaporated-over-his-diva-demands-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemons-x-deal-may-have-evaporated-over-his-diva-demands-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Lemon&#8217;s Potential Deal Falls Through Due to Alleged Diva Behavior: Source"},"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\">24<\/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-lemons-x-deal-may-have-evaporated-over-his-diva-demands-report%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=2203439&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--><h2>Don Lemon&#8217;s Deal on Elon Musk&#8217;s X Platform: What Went Wrong?<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ousted \u2064CNN anchor \u2062Don Lemon\u2064 had a tentative deal to host a\u2064 new \u2064show on\u200b Elon Musk\u2019s X platform \u2014 but according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-reasons-making-taxpayers-pay-off-student-loans-is-a-rotten-idea\/\" title=\"5 Reasons Making Taxpayers Pay Off Student Loans Is A Rotten Idea\">recent report<\/a>, the whole \u200bthing might have fallen apart over Lemon\u2019s \u201cdiva demands.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The New York Post reported that, among \u200bother things,\u200d Lemon \u2063had <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/03\/15\/media\/don-lemon-demanded-tesla-cybertruck-5m-advance-equity-in-x-before-elon-musk-canned-him-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demanded some\u200c control<\/a> over other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australians-furious-at-facebooks-news-ban\/\" title=\"Australians furious at Facebook\u2019s news ban\">news content<\/a> that might make its way onto the platform \u2014 and had\u2064 aspirations of hosting \u2064the <strong>\u201cfirst podcast \u200bin space.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The alleged list of demands, according to The\u2063 Post, \u200cincluded \u201ca free Tesla\u200c Cybertruck, a $5\u200c million upfront payment on top of an\u200b $8\u200c million salary, \u2064an \u2062equity stake in the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-green-berets-come-home\/\" title=\"The Green Berets Come Home\">multibillion-dollar company<\/a>, and the right to \u200bapprove any changes in X\u200b policy as it \u2062relates to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-pitches-ai-to-newsrooms-as-tool-to-help-reporters-write-news-stories\/\" title=\"Google offers AI to newsrooms for improved news story writing.\">news \u200bcontent<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>What\u200b Were Don Lemon&#8217;s Demands?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A free Tesla\u2063 Cybertruck<\/li>\n<li>A\u2062 $5 million upfront payment<\/li>\n<li>An equity stake in the company<\/li>\n<li>Approval rights \u200bover news content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lemon \u200calso reportedly wanted to helm the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/03\/19\/media\/don-lemon-wanted-seat-aboard-elon-musks-rocket-to-do-first-podcast-in-space-sources\/?_gl=1*1scr8yc*_ga*MTkzMTkwODE1Ni4xNjY3OTUyODk2*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTcxMTAzOTc3NS40Ny4wLjE3MTEwMzk3ODIuMC4wLjA.&#038;_ga=2.127897869.1676480561.1711035583-1931908156.1667952896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first \u2064podcast in \u2063space<\/a>,\u201d \u200bsuggesting \u2063that Musk use SpaceX to make that happen.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon had also set\u2062 up an \u200binterview with Musk \u2014 which was initially \u200dset to\u200d air \u200bas his \u200bdebut episode \u2014\u200b and had reportedly attached another list of demands to their planned meeting in Las\u2063 Vegas. Among those were a suite, drinks, \u200cand massages for Lemon and his fianc\u00e9 \u2014 and a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jet-setting-meghan-and-harry-pledge-foundation-will-be-net-zero-by-2030\/\" title=\"Jet-Setting Meghan and Harry Pledge Foundation Will Be Net Zero by 2030\">private jet flight<\/a> on X\u2019s dime.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u200d knowing about the demands at the time of \u200btheir\u2063 interview, Musk\u2064 agreed to do it anyway \u2014 but cut ties with Lemon afterward, calling him \u201cunderwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the\u2064 days since, Lemon has blown off \u200bclaims \u200bthat he had asked for such \u2063things \u2013 but he didn\u2019t\u200b deny them outright.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is nonsense. People negotiate all the time, but that\u2019s, come on,\u201d Lemon told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/podcasts\/it-wasnt-a-gotcha-interview-don-lemon-on-elon-musk-and-the-shocking-meltdown-of-his-deal-with-x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediaite\u2019s<\/a> Aidan McLaughlin. \u201cIt\u2019s\u2062 obviously a deflection. Because it \u2064has nothing \u200cto \u2062do with the interview, and \u200bI\u2019m not going to\u2063 fall into that. I don\u2019t\u200b read the <em>New York Post<\/em>, but\u200c I do \u200blove their horoscopes. It\u2019s great. I\u2019m a Pisces, by\u200b the way, so you\u2064 can read my horoscope to \u2063know what\u2019s going on in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-explains-how-dei-hurts-medicine-several-times-don-lemon-still-doesnt-get-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clips of the interview<\/a> have since been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-issues-statement-after-don-lemon-claims-their-partnership-for-his-new-show-was-canceled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> \u200band gone viral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former CNN anchor Don Lemon reportedly had a potential agreement to host a new show on Elon Musk&#8217;s X platform. However, the deal may have collapsed due to Lemon&#8217;s alleged &#8220;diva demands.&#8221; The New York Post stated that Lemon sought control over additional news content, among other requests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2203440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-05-at-5.16.42-PM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2203439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-05-at-5.16.42-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203439","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2203440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}