Watch: Ex-CNN Host Don Lemon Drops New Book, Gets Slammed After Viewers Notice Key Issue – ‘It’s a Crime’
Former CNN host Don Lemon is attempting to maintain his presence in the public eye following his 2023 departure from the network. To promote his upcoming book, “I Once Was Lost: My Search for God in America,” Lemon began a controversial promotional campaign in New York City by leaving copies of his book scattered around the city. This act drew criticism from various social media users, including Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, who pointed out that Lemon was essentially littering. Political commentator Libs of TikTok mockingly suggested that it would have been more sensible for Lemon to discard the books directly in the trash, while Turning Point USA’s Graham Allen remarked on the legality of leaving trash on the streets. The backlash continued as many users labeled his book as “trash.” This incident raises questions about Lemon’s intent and the broader implications of his promotional tactics as he seeks to regain celebrity status.
Ex-CNN Host Don Lemon is doing everything in his power to remain in the spotlight after his departure from the network in 2023.
His latest stunt to achieve notoriety: littering.
As Lemon’s newest book, “I Once Was Lost: My Search for God in America” is set to be released next month, he decided Wednesday to post on his X account a promotional stunt that involved leaving copies of it lying around New York City.
I’m going to hide more books all around NYC 📘🤝 pic.twitter.com/6MSIte2ehB
— Don Lemon (@donlemon) August 28, 2024
While this is incredibly smug and cringeworthy, other users like Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz pointed out the reality that Lemon had just engaged in littering.
Littering https://t.co/AivEqo7nhW
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) August 29, 2024
Comments kept flowing as political commentator LibsofTikTok questioned why Lemon would do such a thing.
Wouldn’t it be easier to just throw them directly in the trash?
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 28, 2024
Turning Point USA’s Graham Allen slammed, Lemon saying, “Pretty sure it’s a crime to leave trash on the street….”
Pretty sure it’s a crime to leave trash on the street….
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) August 28, 2024
Lemon deserves every bit of ridicule he gets for this.
For one thing, leaving copies of your book lying around New York City is indeed contributing to the trash problem.
Whatever New Yorkers are picking up off the streets, a book probably isn’t on that list.
Should some inquiring New Yorker actually decide there was a book on the ground worth reading and stop to pick it up, there’s absolutely zero chance it would be written by someone known for working at CNN.
Did Lemon actually leave his book just sitting there?
Are there more copies to be found around New York City?
This could very well be the beginning of a saga where he commits more petty crimes.
Surely he only did this for promotional purposes, and picked the book up once the camera turned off.
It’s hard to fathom that even Lemon could lack the awareness in not being able to see the comment section on the horizon, in which numerous X users flocked to his post, calling his book trash and saying it belongs in the garbage rather than littered on the street.
Whatever the case, few authors will ever achieve the level of renown and be so widely read that upon leaving a copy of their book on the street, someone would walk by, pick it up and read it.
Lemon isn’t one of them.
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