CNN morning host Don Lemon apologized for his comments about Nikki Haley being past her prime as a woman.
I guess CNN CEO Chris Licht went off on Lemon for his latest attack on a woman:
“I’m sorry I don’t mean to hurt anyone. I did not mean to offend anyone,” Lemon said Friday morning, Fox News Digital confirmed. “What I said came out wrong and I wish I hadn’t said it. I believe women of any age can do anything they set their minds to. The people I am closest to in this organization are women.””When I make a mistake. I own it and I own this one as well. I understand why you are upset and disappointed,” Lemon continued. “I was trying to make the point that no one’s age should define their ambition or potential for success and I was saying those comments to Nikki Haley.”
Haley, who announced her 2024 Republican presidential candidacy, said she supported a competency test for candidates 75 and up.
Lemon thought this was an intelligent response:
Lemon: This whole talk about age makes me uncomfortable. I think it’s the wrong road to go down. She says people, you know, politicians are suddenly not in their prime. Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime. Sorry, When a woman is in their prime in 20s and 30s and maybe 40s…Poppy Harlow: What are you talking — Wait…Lemon: That’s not according to me.Harlow: Prime for what?Lemon: It depends. It’s just like, prime. If you look it up. If you Google when is a woman in her prime, it’ll say 20s, 30s, 40s.Harlow: Forties! Oh my god, I have another decade.Lemon: I’m not saying I agree with that. So I think she has to be careful about saying that, you know, politicians are in their prime.Harlow: Are you talking about prime for, like, childbearing? Or are you talking about prime for being president?Lemon: Don’t shoot the messenger, I’m just saying what the facts are. Google it. Everybody at home, when is a woman in her prime? It says 20s, 30s and 40s. I’m just saying Nikki Haley should careful about saying that politics are not in their prime, and they need to be in their prime when they serve. She would not be in her prime according to Google or whatever it is.
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