SAN FRANCISCO — Billionaire Elon Musk all of a sudden canceled “The Don Lemon Show” on his social media network X after the former CNN anchor recorded an interview with the billionaire for its as-yet unaired first episode.
Musk owns X, formerly known as Twitter, and frequently proclaims himself a “free speech absolutist.” In a submit on X, the San Francisco-based corporate stated simplest that nearest cautious attention, it “determined now not to go into right into a business partnership with the display.” It added that Lemon’s display “is welcome to publish its content on X, without censorship, as we believe in providing a platform for creators to scale their work and connect with new communities.”
In a video posted to X, Lemon declared that “ Elon Musk is mad at me ″ and said he will be airing his interview with the Tesla CEO on YouTube and via podcast on Monday.
Lemon didn’t go into specifics about the source of Musk’s alleged unhappiness, but wrote, “Throughout our conversation, I kept reiterating to him that although it was tense at times, I thought it was good for people to see and hear our exchange and that they would learn from our conversation.”
“But apparently free speech absolutism doesn’t apply when it comes to questions about him from people like me,” Lemon added.
X introduced in January a “new content partnership” with Lemon for the display, pronouncing it could submit 30 modest episodes thrice a date on fields together with politics, tradition, sports activities and leisure. That offer was once a part of the suffering platform’s efforts to strengthen its content material choices and draw in advertisers. X additionally introduced displays hosted by means of former member of Congress Tulsi Gabbard and sports activities radio host Jim Rome.
Lemon was once fired by means of CNN endmost 12 months nearest a 17-year run with the community. His ouster got here a minute over two months nearest he apologized for on-air feedback about then-Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley now not being in “her prime” that he made all the way through his shorten run as a morning display host.
