{"id":132542,"date":"2024-03-04T09:27:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T14:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=132542"},"modified":"2024-03-04T09:27:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T14:27:44","slug":"don-lemon-signs-24-5-million-deal-to-split-from-cnn-after-he-was-fired-from-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=132542","title":{"rendered":"Don Lemon Signs $24.5 Million Deal to Split From CNN After He Was Fired From Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-132538\" src=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unnamed-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unnamed-4.jpg 580w, https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unnamed-4-160x84.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don Lemon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/t\/don-lemon\/\">Don Lemon\u00a0<\/a>is officially separating from CNN for good after the network ousted him last year.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/don-lemon-cnn-split-deal\/\"><em>The Wrap\u00a0<\/em><\/a>, the former prime time host agreed to a separation deal of approximately $24.5 million, which would be the complete payment from his final contract.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<em>OK!\u00a0<\/em>previously reported, Lemon, 57, who hosted the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/p\/cnn-axes-chris-lichts-morning-show-don-lemon-kaitlan-collins-exit\/\">morning show alongside\u00a0<\/a><strong>Kaitlan Collins\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Poppy Harlow\u00a0<\/strong>, made headlines when he called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/t\/nikki-haley\/\">Nikki Haley\u00a0<\/a>past\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/p\/the-view-hosts-defend-don-lemon-call-out-nikki-haley-ageist-attacks\/\">&#8220;her prime&#8221; on television\u00a0<\/a>, sparking backlash from others, including his coworkers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don Lemon was axed from CNN in April 2023. mega<\/p>\n<p>After being taken off the air, the network let him go.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/p\/don-lemons-fiance-time-100-gala-rumors-relationship-struggles-photos\/\"><strong>contributions over the past 17 years\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>. We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors,&#8221; they said in a statement at the time.\u00a0By\u00a0Stacey Sanderson,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Lemon Don Lemon\u00a0is officially separating from CNN for good after the network ousted him last year. According to\u00a0The Wrap\u00a0, the former prime time host agreed to a separation deal of approximately $24.5 million, which would be the complete payment from his final contract. As\u00a0OK!\u00a0previously reported, Lemon, 57, who hosted the\u00a0morning show alongside\u00a0Kaitlan Collins\u00a0and\u00a0Poppy Harlow\u00a0, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-government","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132544,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132542\/revisions\/132544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}