Golf claps, flowers, and prayer hand emojis are all being sent to Don Lemon. The former CNN Tonight host just defended Joy Reid after Megyn Kelly’s wild and scathing remarks following the cancellation of Reid’s MSNBC show, The ReidOut.
Let’s get right to it.
Kelly took to social media to mock Reid’s firing, referencing a past comment Reid made about “white women tears.” In her tweet, Kelly wrote, “Remember when Joy Reid laughingly mocked ‘white women tears’ as pathetic and offensive to her? Who’s crying now, Joy? Good riddance to the absolute worst person on television, and shame on NBC for letting it go on this long.”
Just yuck.
Lemon wasted no time, as he shouldn’t, in responding to Kelly’s jab, posting a video to his YouTube channel titled “Bless Your Heart, Megyn Kelly,” a part of his HOT TAKES! series. In the video, Lemon dove into Kelly’s past, criticizing her for using offensive rhetoric and targeting marginalized groups, particularly women and people of color, to further her career. For over 20 minutes, Lemon tore apart Kelly’s history of controversial comments, emphasizing how she has repeatedly attacked others to appear “dignified.”
At one point in the video, Lemon played a clip of Kelly discussing her blackface controversy, then made an unapologetic statement: “So let me just say to Megyn Kelly, in my 30-some years as a journalist and my 50-some years as a person of color: Go f**k yourself. Okay?”
In case you missed what he said, here’s the part we want you to note. Lemon said:
“Go f**k yourself. Okay?”
Woop.
Lemon didn’t stop there. He also revisited when Kelly made derogatory comments about his former CNN colleague, Kaitlan Collins. Kelly had criticized Collins for being “boring” and told her to “smile more,” calling her a “cold-hearted b**ch.” Lemon didn’t hold back, pointing out how unnecessary and unsupportive Kelly’s remarks were. “Was that really necessary? And how is that supportive of women?” Lemon remarked, noting that Kelly could have offered constructive advice instead of resorting to name-calling.
It seems like horrible humans are everywhere these days. Lemon seemingly finds them and calls them out appropriately. We are not saying or advocating for who we think Lemon believes is horrible; we are just saying.