Don Lemon's CNN Colleagues 'Floored' by His Firing, Source Says
etonline.comDon Lemon's sudden CNN ouster has sent shockwaves through the network's newsroom. A source tells ET that «everyone is floored» at CNN by the news of Lemon's firing.
CNN staff is nervous by the «direction the network is going in or how things are going to play out.» CNN revealed on Monday that it has «parted ways» with the longtime anchor, who had become the subject of controversy while co-hosting .
According to a statement issued to employees and obtained by ET, CNN Chairman and CEO Chris Licht wrote: «Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years.
We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors.» For his part, Lemon tweeted that he was «stunned» by the decision and claimed to have been informed earlier that morning by his agent. «After 17 years at CNN I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly.
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