CNN anchor Don Lemon apologized for on-air comments he made Thursday about when a woman is considered to be “in her prime.”
“The reference I made to a woman’s ‘prime’ this morning was inartful and irrelevant, as colleagues and loved ones have pointed out, and I regret it,” Lemon tweeted Thursday morning. “A woman’s age doesn’t define her either personally or professionally. I have countless women in my life who prove that every day.”
The moment, which caused tension among his female co-anchors, came during a segment of “CNN This Morning” on Thursday when Lemon suggested that politician Nikki Haley was no longer “in her prime.” The crew had been discussing Haley’s recent announcement that she will run for president in 2024, in which she called for “mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old.” Many took the suggestion as a shot against former President Donald Trump, 76, and President Joe Biden, 80.
