CNN host Don Lemon parted methods along with his prime-time information program Friday after holding the gig for over eight years.
The anchor mentioned goodbye to “Don Lemon Tonight,” launched in 2014, forward of his transfer to a morning information program that's set to debut earlier than the top of the yr, the community introduced final month.
The unnamed program — which can air within the present “New Day” time slot, from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. EST — will embody co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins alongside Lemon.
“New Day” anchors John Berman and Brianna Keilar will proceed of their roles till the change, CNN introduced, and they're going to later tackle new positions with the community.
This week, Lemon informed viewers of his late-evening program that “it's not goodbye, however it's actually the top of an period.”
Lemon regarded again on a number of moments from the present, together with his reporting on the 2014 protests in Ferguson, Missouri; protection of the Jan. 6 riot on the Capitol final yr; and an emotional efficiency of “You Ship Me” following the loss of life of Aretha Franklin.
Lemon mentioned this system’s conclusion was “bittersweet” however refused to name it a tragic second.
“Typically all I may do, I’m going to be trustworthy with you, is simply smile and simply get to the business break. ... Typically it was exhausting, as a result of among the issues that we focus on listed below are so private and so consuming — all-consuming,” Lemon mentioned of the present.
“So I hope I made you proud, and I thanks for tuning in all these years. And I hope that you just’re going to affix me within the mornings. So I'll merely say goodnight, and I'll see you quickly.”
You'll be able to watch Lemon’s message to viewers, together with the second he left this system’s set, beneath.
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