Ousted CNN host Lemon prepares for show on X

Don Lemon, the sometimes problematic host fired 10 months ago by CNN, “has agreed to a separation deal with CNN for approximately $24.5 million, which would be the full complete pay from his final contract which extended 3.5 years from his ousting,” Emily Smith reported Monday for The Wrap, citing  “sources.” “Lemon got in the crosshairs with CNN brass when he moved from his popular primetime show to the mornings, alongside hosts Kaitlan Collins& and Poppy Harlow. He startled his female colleagues with his implication that Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, at age 51, was past her prime,” Smith continued. “The network dismissed Lemon after his show, in what he described as a termination. ‘It is clear that there are some larger issues at play,’ Lemon wrote on social media.” Smith also wrote, “Now Lemon is preparing to launch a new show on Elon Musk’s X platform on March 11. The new program, ‘The Don Lemon Show,’ will allow him to be ‘bigger, bolder, freer,’ Lemon said in a posting.” The show “will be available to everyone, easily, whenever and wherever you want it, streaming on the platforms where conversations are happening….This is just the beginning so stay tuned.” An...