Former CNN mainstay Don Lemon is making a comeback.
The former “Don Lemon Tonight” host is returning with a new media company and its first project, “The Don Lemon Show.” In a statement on X, Lemon said he was “back bigger, bolder, freer!”
“It will be available to everyone, easily, whenever and wherever you want it, streaming on the platforms where the conversations are happening. And you’ll find it first on X, the biggest space for free speech in the world,” Lemon said.
Lemon said he wanted to create a space for honest debate and discussion without the “hall monitors” and encouraged viewers to stay tuned.
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The career news comes after the embattled host’s exit from the network’s “CNN This Morning” in April. Lemon co-anchored “Morning” with now-primetime host Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow for around six months.
“I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN. I am stunned,” he said in a Twitter statement in the spring.
News of CNN’s breakup with Lemon broke shortly after news of Tucker Carlson’s firing from Fox News. Former CEO Chris Licht, who exited the company in June, said in a statement that the network wishes him well and will cheer him on as he pursues future endeavors, in an email to CNN staffers obtained by USA TODAY.
“To my CNN Colleagues, CNN and Don have parted ways. Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his…
