First it was Tucker Carlson, Now it’s Don Lemon OUT at CNN: ‘I Am Stunned!’

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Don Lemon – Getty

*Good Lord! What an incredibly busy day in the news world. Not only is Tucker Carlson out at Fox News, but we’ve also learned that Don Lemon has been fired by CNN.

“I am stunned,” Lemon said in a message posted on Twitter on Monday, saying his agent had informed him of his firing by CNN president Chris Licht.

CNN CEO Chris Licht said that the network and Lemon have “parted ways,” according to a memo provided to NBC News Monday.

“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 endeavors.”

Lemon has been with CNN since 2006, joining the network after anchoring at NBC Chicago and working as a correspondent for NBC News, the “TODAY” show and “NBC Nightly News.”

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