Don Lemon Gives 1st Interview Since CNN Firing & Claims He Was Let Go For ‘Telling The Truth’

Don Lemon sat down for his archetypal interrogation since being fired by CNN with ABC 24 Memphis. The erstwhile anchor, 57, opened up astir his merchandise from the quality web successful the interview, which aired connected Saturday, June 24. When asked astir what led to his departure, Don spoke astir his committedness to truth, and helium alluded to taking contented with bringing immoderate guests connected the network.

When asked astir however helium said that “truth and responsibility” factored into his firing, Don spoke astir however helium thought that spreading the information was his work arsenic some a writer and citizen. “I person a responsibility, not lone arsenic a writer but arsenic an American to archer the information and to abide by the promises of the Constitution, due to the fact that the Constitution says, ‘a much cleanable union,’ not a cleanable one. I’m not a cleanable person. No 1 is,” helium said. “In bid to fulfill the committedness of the Constitution, we person to basal up for what is right. We person to basal up for the truth.”

Don attends the Time 100 Gala successful April 2023. (Shutterstock)

Don continued and shared that helium took contented with bringing immoderate guests connected the air, but helium didn’t accidental if that was wherefore helium was fired. “I don’t judge successful platforming liars and bigots and insurrectionists and election-deniers, and putting them connected the aforesaid footing arsenic radical who are telling the truth, radical who are warring for what’s right, radical who are biding by the Constitution, I deliberation that would beryllium a dereliction of journalistic work to bash those benignant of things. That is what has gotten maine to this point, and that is what is going to transportation maine forward,” helium explained.

Don was fired from CNN backmost successful April. He announced that helium had been released successful a tweet. “I was informed this greeting by my cause that I person been terminated by CNN. I americium stunned,” helium tweeted. “After 17 years astatine CNN I would person thought that idiosyncratic successful absorption would person the decency to archer maine directly. At nary clip was I ever fixed immoderate denotation that I would not beryllium capable to proceed to bash the enactment I person loved astatine the network. It is wide determination are immoderate larger issues astatine play.”

Don opened up astir his departure during the beryllium down interview. (Shutterstock)

After his firing, CNN announced that they had “parted ways,” and they thanked him for his contributions implicit the years. The institution aboriginal released a 2nd statement calling his connection “inaccurate.” The web said, “He was offered an accidental to conscionable with absorption but alternatively released a connection connected Twitter.”

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