By The FirstCNN anchor Don Lemon has been missing from his morning broadcast since claiming Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is “past per prime” as a woman.
“I want you to know what I said on yesterday’s show about Nikki Haley’s comments about ageism, that it came out wrong. What I said came out wrong,” Lemon said Friday, before trying to explain “the point I was trying to make.”
“I was trying to make the point that no one’s age — not a man’s or a woman’s — should define their ambition or potential for success at anything and I was saying those comments to Nikki Haley, not my co-hosts,” he added.
“His remarks were upsetting, unacceptable, and unfair to his co-hosts, and ultimately a huge distraction to the great work of this organization,” CNN CEO Chris Licht stated.
“The reference I made to a woman’s ‘prime’ this morning was inartful and irrelevant, as colleagues and loved ones have pointed out, and I regret it,” Lemon tweeted Thursday.
