Roommates, it seems to be like CNN shall be reducing Don Lemon a CHECK verify! Based on 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 full pay from his ultimate 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. On the time, Don had spent 17 years in entrance of CNN’s audiences, reporting every thing from exhausting information to politics and native tales. The Wrap experiences that his ultimate contract had an extension of three.5 years left when CNN terminated him.
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Don Lemon Instructed Followers CNN “Shocked” Him With Their Determination
Like his longtime followers, Don Lemon mentioned CNN blindsided him with the termination. In an announcement final yr, he revealed that he discovered the information from his agent. Nobody at CNN had contacted him straight after almost 20 years with the corporate.
“I’m surprised. After 17 years at CNN I’d have thought that somebody in administration would have had the decency to inform me straight. At no time was I ever given any indication that I’d not proceed to do the work I’ve beloved on the community. It’s clear that there are some bigger points at play.”
Moreover, Lemon thanked his “colleagues and the numerous groups” he labored with on the outlet, calling them the “most proficient journalists within the enterprise.”
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However CNN wasn’t going out like that within the public eye. Quickly after Don’s assertion, they launched their two-sentence rebuttal, seemingly suggesting he was mendacity.
“Don Lemon’s assertion about this morning’s occasions is inaccurate. He was provided a chance to fulfill with administration however as an alternative launched an announcement on Twitter,” @CNNPR, on X, posted on April 24.
In the meantime, CNN’s CEO on the time, Chris Licht, launched a way more light assertion, thanking Don for his “contributions.”
Whereas what precisely led to his termination was by no means disclosed, experiences have cited at the least two incidents that triggered stress at CNN. The primary was when Don recommended Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was “previous her prime” in Feb. 2023 on ‘CNN This Morning.’
He later apologized amid ageist and sexist accusations and agreed to “formal coaching.” Then, two months after, he performed a spicy interview with one other GOP presidential candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy, which was mentioned to have “exasperated” CNN leaders, per PEOPLE.
However Don-Don has since moved on from his CNN days with grace! Along with 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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