Elon Musk may not like talking with Don Lemon about all the lawsuits against him, but the world’s second richest man could be facing possible new legal action after “canceling” the ex-CNN anchor’s much hyped new show on X just days before its debut.
Lemon on Wednesday said that Musk “has canceled the partnership I had with X … he informed me of his decision hours after an interview I conducted with him on Friday.”
The interview with Musk is slated to be the debut episode of The Don Lemon Show, which was supposed to debut on X and YouTube. Lemon says the interview will run as planned on YouTube, and that future episodes will be released there.
Lemon said that “there were no restrictions” in the interview, and that “we had a good conversation. Clearly he felt differently.”
THR has reached out to X for comment.
Don Lemon was one of the first original shows in an expansion of content partnerships at X (formerly known as Twitter). At the same time it announced Lemon’s show, X announced two other talk shows: A program hosted by former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, and a sports talk show hosted by former Fox Sports host Jim Rome.
X, under CEO Linda Yaccarino, has tried to pivot to a more video-centric offering. In addition to the talk shows, it cut a 10-show deal with Range Media Partners, and picked up a series from the WWE called WWE Speed with ultra-quick timed matches.
Still, the apparent and abrupt U-turn for Lemon’s show raises questions about the company’s approach to partnerships and free speech.
“While Elon goes back on his word, I will be doubling down, I will be doubling down on my commitment to free speech and I cannot wait to get started,” Lemon said.
A former CNN anchor, Lemon was let go from CNN as a co-host of CNN This Morning nearly a year ago.
I find it hilarious that congress wants to ban TikTok because they worry about them stealing our personal information (which is code for they despise that young people have been revealing America's involvement with funding Israel's war against Gaza), but Elon continues to allow Americans to push hate speech on that app and they don't care.
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