Don Lemon was pictured in Miami Beach, Florida Sunday with his partner Tim Malone as he wrapped up an eventful year marked by his departure from the cable network.
The 57-year-old TV journalist was pictured wading in the Atlantic Ocean and relaxing under umbrellas with Malone, a luxury real estate advisor based out of New York with the firm Douglas Elliman.
The Baton Rouge, Louisiana native donned vintage patterned swim trunks with a gray ballcap and sunglasses on the wintry day in the sunny locale.
Malone, 39, had taken to Instagram Stories Saturday with a picturesque image of a sunset, captioning the image ‘2nd to last sunset of 2023!’
Lemon, a staple on the cable network from 2006 until 2023, said he was let go April 24, two months after he made controversial remarks about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley that he later said he was sorry for.
Don Lemon, 57, was pictured in Miami Beach, Florida Sunday with his partner Tim Malone, 39, as he wrapped up an eventful year marked by his departure from the cable network
The Baton Rouge, Louisiana native donned vintage patterned swim trunks with a gray ballcap and sunglasses on the wintry day in the sunny locale
At the time, then-CNN chairman and CEO Chris Licht – who himself was fired from the network in June – announced the network had ‘parted ways’ with Lemon.
Lemon, a recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award in 2002, subsequently tweeted, ‘I was informed this morning by my agent I have been terminated by CNN. I am stunned.’
He added that ‘after 17 years at CNN I would have thought someone in management would have the decency to tell me directly.
‘At no time was I ever given any indication that I would not be able to continue to do the work I have loved at the network. It is clear that there are some larger issues at play.’
CNN responded in saying that the newsman had been ‘offered an opportunity to meet with management’ ahead of his ouster.
In a February 16 discussion on CNN This Morning, Lemon told co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins that Haley wasn’t ‘in her prime.’
Lemon said that a woman was thought to be in her prime ‘in her 20s, 30s and maybe her 40s,’ which brought about pushback from Harlow.
She asked him, ‘I think we need to qualify. Are you talking about prime for childbearing or are you talking about prime for being president?’
The veteran journalist was seen relaxing with a newspaper on the winter day in South Beach
Lemon was a staple on the cable network from 2006 until earlier this year
Lemon found himself immersed in controversy over his remarks about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley
In a February 16 discussion on CNN This Morning, Lemon told co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins that Haley wasn’t ‘in her prime’
Lemon subsequently said in a statement that he was remorseful over his ‘inartful and irrelevant’ remarks
After being let go from the network in April, Lemon was critical of how his ouster was managed
Lemon appeared to have the last word as the year wound to a close, as he piled on against Haley after she found herself immersed in controversy last week after she would not connect slavery to the Civil War
He said, ‘Nikki Haley wants grace for using a poor choice of words when, after I misspoke in some comments involving her, she didn’t offer me that same grace, immediately and very publicly took me to task, and then fundraised off of it’
Malone had taken to Instagram Stories Saturday with a picturesque image of a sunset, captioning the image ‘2nd to last sunset of 2023!’
Lemon said in response, ‘Don’t shoot the messenger, I’m just saying what the facts are.’
Lemon subsequently said in a statement that he was remorseful over his ‘inartful and irrelevant’ remarks.
Lemon was back on the show after a three-day absence, but did not directly talk about the controversy on the show.
Haley, following Lemon’s firing, celebrated CNN’s decision as a ‘a great day for women everywhere’ and linking to a fundraiser for people to donate to her presidential run.
Lemon appeared to have the last word as the year wound to a close, as he piled on against Haley after she found herself immersed in controversy last week after she would not connect slavery to the Civil War at a Wednesday town hall event in Berlin, New Hampshire.
After Haley sought to backtrack amid pushback, Lemon took to Twitter Thursday to accuse her hypocrisy, refencing their past scandal.
‘Nikki Haley wants grace for using a poor choice of words when, after I misspoke in some comments involving her, she didn’t offer me that same grace, immediately and very publicly took me to task, and then fundraised off of it,’ he said. ‘However, I’m glad she clarified what she should have said. And, In the spirit of the season, let’s see if her actions match her corrected words moving forward.’
