Roommates, it seems to be like CNN can be reducing Don Lemon a CHECK examine! In keeping with The Wrap, CNN has agreed to cough up $24.5 million to settle his contract following his termination final yr.
Sources solely introduced the tea to The Wrap. Apparently, the $24.5 million is Don’s “full full pay from his last contract.” Representatives for Don Lemon haven’t responded to requests for remark from The Wrap and PEOPLE.
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As beforehand reported, the media large let go of the primetime host in April 2023. On the time, Don had spent 17 years in entrance of CNN’s audiences, reporting all the things from arduous information to politics and native tales. The Wrap experiences that his last contract had an extension of three.5 years left when CNN terminated him.
Don Lemon Instructed Followers CNN “Shocked” Him With Their Resolution
Like his longtime followers, Don Lemon stated CNN blindsided him with the termination. In an announcement final yr, he revealed that he realized the information from his agent. Nobody at CNN had contacted him straight after almost 20 years with the corporate.
“I’m surprised. After 17 years at CNN I’d have thought that somebody in administration would have had the decency to inform me straight. At no time was I ever given any indication that I’d not proceed to do the work I’ve liked on the community. It’s clear that there are some bigger points at play.”
Moreover, Lemon thanked his “colleagues and the various groups” he labored with on the outlet, calling them the “most gifted journalists within the enterprise.”
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However CNN wasn’t going out like that within the public eye. Quickly after Don’s assertion, they launched their two-sentence rebuttal, seemingly suggesting he was mendacity.
However Don-Don has since moved on from his CNN days with grace! Along with securing the $24.5 million payout, he’s launching a self-titled newscast that can stream on X (previously Twitter) beginning subsequent month!
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