Originally Posted By BlackJack619⏩

Don Lemon's firing from CNN was in part due to his highly combative interview last week with Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, according to reports - with insiders saying Lemon was removed to enable a rethink of the struggling morning show, and warning that Lemon appears ready to sue.

Lemon, 57, has spent the last 17 years at CNN and was one of their most recognizable stars, believed to earn $4 million a year.

He was moved from his primetime slot to co-host a new show, CNN This Morning, which launched on November 1, but has failed to find its footing.

Lemon's combative style, suited to an evening political show, often jarred with the early morning viewers, and he made some significant sexist blunders.

He claimed Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, 51, 'isn't in her prime'; argued the U.S. men's national soccer team was more compelling to watch than the far more successful women's, which justified the salary gap; and on April 5 was the subject of a brutal profile in Variety which accused him of decades of 'troubling treatment of women and unprofessional antics'.

He was reprimanded by the new boss Chris Licht, who took over in May 2022, and made to undertake training.

Yet his aggressive style remained, and on April 19 he crossed swords with Ramaswamy about slavery, the Civil War and the Second Amendment.

His co-host, Poppy Harlow, looked glazed over and checked her smartphone as Lemon and Ramaswamy attacked each other.

Sources told The New York Times that the encounter 'left several CNN leaders exasperated'.

'There were rumblings inside CNN that they are revamping the morning show and Lemon's firing may have been part of that,' a source told DailyMail.com.

'But Don may have blew it all up when he tweeted out the news.'

Lemon said on Twitter he was 'stunned' by his firing.

He appeared on air as usual on Monday morning, and appeared unconcerned as he signed off.

Originally Posted By gwg77⏩

Originally Posted By Procta⏩