There’s been quite a shakeup in the cable news landscape this week, as Fox News parted ways with longtime commentator Tucker Carlson on the same day that CNN fired Don Lemon amid multiple workplace misconduct allegations. Both men have since broken their silence, and while the former seems to be questioning the content of modern cable news, Lemon seemed to be in a good place, despite his removal from CNN after 17 years. In fact, when speaking to reporters at the Time 100 Gala, he said he was doing “great.”
Don Lemon was apparently blindsided by the news of his firing — which came months after backlash over perceived sexist comments and a few weeks after reports of “volatile” behavior against some of his CNN colleagues. The anchor appeared on the air on the morning of April 24, before revealing on Twitter just hours later that he’d been informed of his termination. You’d never have known that, however, by his comments to USA TODAY at the April 26 gala, where he told reporters:
