Megyn Kelly attacked Don Lemon on a recent episode of her podcast for going after Elon Musk, despite the fact that Musk was essentially resurrecting his career.
We recently learned that Lemon had a series of crazy requests for Musk before he was dropped.
Kelly was joined by members of the “Ruthless” podcast.
Partial transcript via Real Clear Politics:
MEGYN KELLY: Don Lemon has already been fired again. He was fired before he was actually hired. It’s very difficult for him to keep a job, and we know why… Surprisingly, Elon Musk offered him a deal to release a new show on X. And Elon Musk is a risk taker, so I guess he thought it would be a fun risk. Just as risky, I guess, as sending spaceships into space because it really was that risky, Elon. He probably just thought: oh, he’s like a left-wing commentator. I doubt Elon spent his time watching CNN in prime time because literally only two people did. And so he decided to make him a deal…
I’ll give it to Bill O’Reilly. I saw a clip this morning with him saying: Don’t interview your boss. This is the lesson that came out of this steamy exchange between Don and Elon… Don Lemon acted like an asshole who wasn’t grateful to Elon Musk for resurrecting his career. And O’Reilly’s, right. It is very difficult for Don Lemon to be both a good journalist and a good employee. That man pays your salary, so you owe him a certain level of respect and discretion.
And at the same time you want to show us in your first interview how strong you are at hitting and these two goals are not aligned. So I don’t blame Elon for being angry about the way he was treated… Although, of course, Don Lemon through the spokesperson who is the same woman Jeff Zucker was having an affair with, Allison Gollus, is threatening to sue . All our old favorites are in on this one, guys!
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Kelly is right about Lemon. You really shot yourself in the foot for this.