Three people familiar with CNN said staffers got word around 3 p.m. on Sunday that anchor Don Lemon, who had been expected to return to his morning duties after taking a previously-scheduled day off on Friday, would not be on air Monday.
by telling Harlow following a report on Nikki Haley’s candidacy for the 2024 U.S. presidential election that “A woman is considered to be in their prime in 20s and 30s and maybe 40s.” Harlow asked Lemon to clarify what he meant, and he replied: “If you Google ‘when is a woman in her prime,’ it’ll say 20s, 30s and 40s.”
One of the people familiar with the network says Lemon requested Monday off. CNN declined to make executives available for comment. The Daily Beast previously reported on Lemon’s absence from the program on Monday.
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