Earlier this year, longtime CNN anchor Don Lemon was let go in a shocking cable news shake-up. At the time, his departure after almost two decades was seen as being directly related to comments he made about Nikki Haley, as well as rumors that he couldn’t get along with some people behind the scenes. Four months later, however, the newsman is now convinced that’s not really what was going on.
In his first extended interview since his firing, Don Lemon sat down with Kara Swisher from Vox’s Pivot and talked candidly about where his head is at and what he’s been up to since he was let go. Apparently he’s traveled extensively and spent a lot of time with family. He’s also, with time, apparently realized that his Nikki Haley comments were just a convenient excuse for letting him go. The real issue wasn’t the comments themselves, it was the fact that CNN and former CEO Chris Licht (who has since been let go) wanted to go in a different more “centrist” direction, and they didn’t see him as being part of that. You can read a portion of his quote below…
