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Here’s a man who has his priorities right.
Don Lemon isn’t about to let his high-profile and somewhat unceremonious firing ruin his summer plans.
The anchor was canned this week after 17 years at CNN following a spring of scandals. But rosé season must go on!
“I’m going to enjoy my summer, spend it on the beach and have a great time,” he told Page Six at the Time 100 Gala Wednesday night. “That’s it.”
Lemon, 57, claims to have been blindsided by his ouster.
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“I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN,” he wrote on social media on Monday, “I am stunned. After 17 years at CNN, I would have thought that 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 denied his claims, tweeting: “He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter.”)
When asked at the the gala how he’s feeling after the abrupt exit, he said of the assembled reporters: “You guys are more worried about me than I am.”
Lemon walked hand-in-hand on the red carpet with his husband of seven years, Tim Malone, 39.
Back in February, the Post reported that Lemon “screamed” at “CNN This Morning” co-anchor Kaitlan Collins, and later the same month Lemon caused a national uproar after he suggested 51-year-old presidential hopeful Nick Haley is “past her prime.”
