ABC News
The hosts of The View were more than a little displeased on Tuesday over Don Lemon’s sudden termination by CNN, with Sunny Hostin specifically making a point that Lemon “loves women” and is not a misogynist.
Shortly after Tucker Carlson’s stunning ouster from Fox News was announced on Monday, Lemon revealed that he had been fired from CNN after 17 years. While Lemon claimed nobody at the network told him directly, CNN management disputed that claim. As Confider reported on Monday evening, Lemon’s fate had been sealed for a while due to in behavior on and off the air, and he’d actually been preparing for his pending departure for weeks.
While the women of The View were overjoyed at the news of Carlson’s demise, going so far as to perform the wave and serenade the far-right nationalist host with “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye,” they ran interference for Lemon on Tuesday. In particular, Hostin felt that reports of Lemon’s “diva-like behavior” and his sexist on-air actions were overblown.