Host Don Lemon wrote Monday that he was fired from CNN and suggested that the move was unexpected.
Lemon, who most recently hosted CNN’s “This Morning” wrote on Twitter that he “was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN.”
“It is clear that there are some larger issues at play,” he wrote in a cryptic statement.
His firing came about an hour after Fox News issued a news release saying that it parted ways with Tucker Carlson. Neither Carlson nor Fox News have explained why the widely popular primetime host departed the network.
CNN also confirmed Monday that the network and Lemon “have parted ways.” It added, “Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years … we wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors.”…