Don Lemon Blames White Men for His CNN Firing in Substack
"The executive producer who ran The Late Show for years eventually left and somehow landed in my world. That same person from that same TV orbit eventually became my boss at CNN and fired me. It was one of the most spectacular examples of a white man failing up that I have witnessed in this industry. Profoundly unqualified, visibly incompetent, Elevated anyway."
About this episode
Host Megyn Kelly delivered a wide-ranging episode focused on the collapse of legacy media, Hollywood's continued woke agenda, and disturbing developments in both American and British politics. The show opened with extensive coverage of Stephen Colbert's Late Show cancellation, with Kelly dismissing the narrative that it resulted from political persecution rather than the show's reported $40 million annual losses and cratering ratings. She highlighted pathetic sendoffs from Bruce Springsteen, Robert De Niro, and Jon Stewart, all blaming Trump rather than Colbert's unfunny TDS-driven content. Kelly particularly eviscerated Don Lemon's self-aggrandizing Substack post claiming he was fired for asking conservatives hard questions, when in reality his primetime show drew just 600,000 viewers and his morning show became CNN's lowest-rated in a decade. Guest Stu Burguiere joined to discuss Spencer Pratt's LA mayoral campaign, noting Pratt's revelation that Second Amendment issues drove his Republican registration after receiving death threats. They analyzed viral campaign ads showing closeted Pratt supporters in liberal LA. The episode took a darker turn with detailed coverage of 18-year-old Henry Nowak's death in the UK, where police arrested him for racial abuse allegations while he died from a stabbing, with officers refusing to believe his pleas that he'd been stabbed in the lung. Kelly blamed identity politics for preventing police from seeing the white teen as the victim. She also presented devastating Fox News polling showing Trump at 39% approval with massive underwater numbers on inflation, economy, and foreign policy, suggesting serious midterm challenges ahead. The show featured Trump's comments about potentially skipping Don Jr.'s wedding due to Iran, and criticized Christopher Nolan's casting of Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy and Elliot Page as Achilles in his upcoming Odyssey adaptation.
Key takeaways
- British teen Henry Nowak died telling police he was stabbed while they arrested him for racial abuse claims by his actual attacker Vikram Digwa who watched him die.
- Stephen Colbert's Late Show was canceled after losing CBS a reported $40 million annually, not due to Trump persecution as claimed by Springsteen, Stewart and De Niro.
- Don Lemon published a Substack blaming white male executives for his CNN firing when his shows had disastrous ratings of 600,000 viewers in primetime.
- Fox News polling shows Trump at 39% approval, underwater by 52 points on inflation and 42 points on economy, with white non-college men swinging 25 points negative.
- Spencer Pratt revealed he registered Republican because only GOP supported concealed carry permits when he faced death threats as a reality star.
- Trump suggested he may skip Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamas wedding this weekend citing Iran situation and bad timing.
- Christopher Nolan cast Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy and Elliot Page as male hero Achilles in upcoming Odyssey film despite obvious historical inaccuracies.