Don Lemon entered 2016 with a flurry of social media attention for his behavior during CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage. The attention may not have been the sort the correspondent – or the network – would have asked for.
Hosting the New Year’s Eve festivities from New Orleans with Brooke Baldwin, Lemon reportedly drank too much and ended up eating “a ton of crawfish,” climbing into a hot tub, and making a sexual remark to co-host Kathy Griffin – while the cameras were rolling.
Griffin, who had earlier stripped down to her bra, was hosting with CNN’s Anderson Cooper from New York City’s Times Square. As cameras connected with the hosts in New Orleans, Lemon appeared to have already had too many drinks.
“I have to say Kathy… I have to say… nice rack,” Lemon told Griffin. “I didn’t know you had all of that.”
Haha. @donlemon is officially cut off. #CNNNYE #nicerackkathy pic.twitter.com/tKwrbmBRRf
— Mike B. (@42MikeB) January 1, 2016
Baldwin promptly took away Lemon’s glass, saying she was cutting him off, while Cooper could be seen shaking his head, perhaps in disbelief. Griffin thanked Lemon, apparently trying to get past the awkward moment.
Viewers responded on social media as the scene unfolded.
Don Lemon wasted on CNN makes my night #CNNNYE
— ryan hardin (@ryhardin) January 1, 2016
Don Lemon and Brooke Baldwin were drunk af on CNN for the entire time they’ve been on.
— Ᏸecca (@MJStarLover) January 1, 2016
Good lord, Don Lemon: “We’re not drunk. Well Brooke’s not drunk… Look, this how you get people to take their clothes off!” #CNNNYE
— Molly Little (@mollylitt) January 1, 2016
Don Lemon is straight up hammered on CNN right now and it’s my new favorite show.
— andy lassner (@andylassner) January 1, 2016
@andylassner I can’t believe he said that Kathy had a nice rack!
— Justin Lauffer (@JustinLauffer) January 1, 2016
Lemon didn’t stop there, as he also stepped into a hot tub while on air.
Don Lemon. Wasted. I know. pic.twitter.com/4JjNlBiWx3
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) January 1, 2016
Though the anchor may have made some new fans with his performance, some viewers were not so amused.
Don Lemon drunk is the only Don Lemon I want from now on. #CNNNYE
— Emily (@emily_barton) January 1, 2016
@YankeeMegs I want whatever power he has that prevents him from getting fired.
— Matt Clausen (@mattclausen) January 1, 2016
Alcohol makes Don Lemon likable… He should drink on-air more often. #CNNNYE
— Tara Manis Benson (@taramanisbenson) January 1, 2016
@donlemon @km_call Drunk on TV. Should be fired.
— Bedfish (@bedfish) January 1, 2016
Unbecoming for a network anchor, perhaps. But viewers were highly entertained as they continued to pile on the hangover jokes well in to New Year’s Day.
@km_call ouch.
— Don Lemon (@donlemon) January 1, 2016
@MrDJP86 no comment
— Don Lemon (@donlemon) January 1, 2016
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