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The Independent UK
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Tom Murray,Peony Hirwani,Roisin O'Connor and Inga Parkel

Don Lemon fired – live updates: CNN host gets send-off from colleagues after claiming he was axed unexpectedly

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Don Lemon responds to Tucker Carlson’s ‘ignorant’ white supremacy rant

Don Lemon has been fired by CNN after 17 years on the network.

Following the news, rapper Rick Ross jokingly responded by offering the axed news anchor a job at one of his family-owned Wingstop locations.

On Monday (24 April), CNN abruptly announced that the network had parted ways with Lemon, barely an hour after news broke that Tucker Carlson had been fired from Fox News.

“Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years,” the statement said. “We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavours.”

Lemon reacted to the news with his own statement on Twitter saying he was left “stunned” after being informed by his agent that CNN had allegedly terminated his contract without informing him.

“After 17 years at CNN I would have thought someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly,” he wrote.

CNN has called Lemon’s statement “inaccurate”.

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