'Shitshow', Hold the 'Show'
Don Lemon Says Elon Musk Canceled His X Show, Hours After Interview Taped for Debut Episode
The former CNN host interviewed the tech mogul last week, with the chat set to be the launch episode of his new ‘Don Lemon Show.’
Alex Weprin
Don Lemon, a whole 64 days ago:
“I’ve heard you… and today I am back, bigger, bolder, freer!,” Lemon wrote. “My new media company’s first project is The Don Lemon Show. It will be available to everyone, easily, whenever and wherever you want it, streaming on the platforms where the conversations are happening. And you’ll find it first on X, the biggest space for free space in the world. I know now more than ever that we need a place for honest debate and discussion without the hall monitors. This is just the beginning so stay tuned.”
Today, before we could even stay tuned:
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.”
Life has sure handed Don quite a few... ah, nevermind. But seriously, what the fuck is going on over on Xhitter? In-name-only CEO Linda Yaccarino, literally just yesterday:
X is becoming a video first platform
You need video to be a video-first platform, right?