Report: CNN’s Don Lemon Receiving ‘Formal Training’ Over Sexist Remarks

Ben WilsonFebruary 21, 2023

Don Lemon is accepting “formal training” Chris Licht, the network CEO, sent an email to employees after the CNN anchor made disparaging remarks about Nikki Haley as a presidential candidate.

“We take this situation very seriously,” Licht wrote Monday MemoAssociated Press. “I sat down with Don and had a frank and meaningful conversation.”

CNN pulled Lemon off the air after he claimed that Haley is his. “not in her prime,” Arguments that “a woman is considered to be in her prime in her 20s and 30s and maybe 40s.”

“I’m just saying what the facts are. Google it,” Lemon was added.

Licht stated in his memo that he wanted foster a “culture in which people can own, learn, and grow from their mistakes.”

Licht stated last week that there will be “recourse” Lemon will keep saying this if you don’t mind. “stupid things” On air, a source Telled The New York Post. According to the source “Chris isn’t happy” And “Don knows it can’t happen again.”

Lemon’s comments were answered by Haley last week, with Haley responding: “it’s always the liberals who are the most sexist.”

CNN and Licht are not revealing what Lemon’s training involves.

Lemon expressed “regret” About his comments on Thursday.

“The reference I made to a woman’s ‘prime’ this morning was inartful and irrelevant,” Lemon wrote. His comments led to bipartisan calls to his firing.

George Santos, a New York congressman (R.) Cancelled Lemon will be interviewing you over the comments.

“We heard the comments and it was in very poor taste and we did not wish to do a sit-down with someone who could speak ill of women in that regard,” a Santos spokesperson said.

Lemon wasn’t the only issue she caused on the show’s long-running morning show. Lemon allegedly shouted at Collins off-air on December 2, leaving her “visibly upset,” A source Telled The Post. Lemon and his cohosts also argued recently over differences in compensation between women’s and men’s soccer teams.