Don Lemon apologizes to CNN workers over feedback about girls

CNN anchor Don Lemon referred to as into a gathering Friday to apologize to workers members about his on-air feedback this week about girls, in line with a CNN Business report.

“I’m sorry that I said it,” Lemon stated throughout a digital editorial workers assembly, in line with the report by CNN’s media reporter Oliver Darcy. “And I certainly see why people found it completely misguided.”

“When I make a mistake, I own it,” Lemon continued. “And I own this one as well.”

During the assembly, community Chief Executive Chris Licht referred to as Lemon’s feedback “unacceptable” and “unfair to his co-hosts,” including that he felt it was mandatory for Lemon to apologize to foster a tradition of accountability, the report stated. Licht acknowledged listening to from many contained in the community about Lemon’s remarks.

Lemon’s offending feedback got here throughout a Thursday segment of “CNN This Morning” as he and his feminine co-hosts, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, mentioned Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s requires psychological competency checks for politicians over 75 and time period limits in Congress. He steered that Haley, 51, was not “in her prime.”

Lemon added, “A woman is considered to be in her prime in her 20s and 30s, maybe 40s,” and cited obvious Google searches to defend his stance.

Harlow, and later, commentator Audie Cornish, each pushed again at Lemon’s assertions. They stated the “prime” Lemon was referring to was a girl’s reproductive years and that Haley was referring to 1’s political prime and psychological capability.

“Are you talking about prime for child-bearing, or prime for being president?” Harlow responded.

Lemon’s remarks unfold broadly and confronted quick backlash from each liberals and conservatives, together with CNN staff who discovered the statements offensive.

Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, responded to Lemon on Twitter and made an look on Fox News, calling him and his feedback “sexist.”

“Look, he made that comment, I wasn’t sitting there saying sexist, middle-aged, CNN anchors need to have mental competency tests, although he may have just proven that point,” Haley stated on “American’s Newsroom” early Friday morning.

Amid the backlash Thursday, Lemon shared an apology on Twitter, referring to his remarks as “inartful and irrelevant, as colleagues and loved ones have pointed out, and I regret it.”

“A woman’s age doesn’t define her either personally or professionally,” he wrote. “I have countless women in my life who prove that every day.”

When Lemon supplied his apology to his colleagues on Friday, he stated he regretted his feedback and stated, “I believe that women of any age … can do whatever they set their minds to.”

“The people I am closest to in this organization are women,” Lemon added, mentioning his relationships with different CNN hosts and executives. “The people I seek counsel from most in this organization are women.”