CNN's Don Lemon takes the day off from The Morning Show just one day after he apologized for his 'sexist' remarks about women being 'past their prime' - amid mounting pressure for him to be fired, reports The Daily Mail.
Lemon, 56, made the comments on Thursday's episode of the show as he and his co-hosts discussed Nikki Haley's proposal that politicians ages 75 and up should face mental competency tests.
Kaitlan Collins opened the show by saying that their co-host 'has the day off' as Poppy Harlow joked that she was going to 'complain to bosses' after going to the all-star NBA game in Utah.
Lemon was replaced for the day by Audia Cornish, with the show not acknowledging the comments that he made the day before despite rising calls for him to be squeezed.
It is not the first time in recent weeks that Lemon has found himself in hot water, with CNN boss Chris Licht reportedly coming under pressure to do something about the host's behavior.
"Don Lemon is 'rude, self-righteous and clearly sexist", said an CNN insider. The CNN insider revealed there's 'so much pressure for unpopular host to be canned after his 'disgusting' comment about GOP's Nikki Haley, 51, not being 'in her prime'.
Another source urce said that there was mounting pressure for Lemon to be fired after his continual gaffes on the early-morning show. They told DailyMail.com: 'Don has been skating on thin ice for so long and many wanted him fired in December when he freaked out on Kaitlin Collins for no reason. She was in tears and it was so inappropriate.
'Regardless of his political affiliation, his comments that Nikki Haley being past her prime were disgusting. Poppy was fuming, as she should be, and still is.
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