Not lemon opens upon her husband Tim maloneSupport during his time as an anchor of CNN News.
“Your support means everything,” said Lemon, 59 Use weekly On Friday, June 20, while attending the 2025 Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Awards at Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. “It’s my spine. It’s the person I see every day. And when I can’t stand it helps me to stop.”
The lemon continued, “and so, you know, just like any other relationship, straight, gay or anything, this is my right hand. To have it there and to have it in my corner, this is my journey or die.”
Lemon, who was awarded the Impact Social Award during the fifth anniversary of Hollywood unlocked, was the host of Cnn tonight with Don Lemon and later Don Lemon tonight From 2014 to 2022. He went to the anchor Cnn this morning with Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins Before separating -the organization in April 2023.
“Don will forever form a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for their contributions for the last 17 years,” CNN CEO Chris Licht He said in a note to the staff at that time. “We wish him well and encourage him in his future efforts.”
In his own statement, Lemon stated that CNN had shot the old anchor.
“I am stopped,” Lemon said at that time, saying that management did not have “decency” to inform him directly from his ending. “I was never given any indication that I would not be able to continue doing the work I loved on the net.”

Don Lemon talks to the stage during the fifth Hollywood annual awards unlocked on June 20, 2025/
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty picturesCNN refuted Lemon’s claims, labeling -“inaccurate” in a statement and stating that Lemon “offered him the opportunity to meet with management, but published a statement on Twitter.”
In March, Lemon stated that he was sexually besieged during his time in CNN for both men and women.
“I have been besieged by women and men in (workplace). It’s ridiculous,” Lemon told Bill Maher as he appeared in the podcast “Club Random with Bill Maher.” “There are some things that are really serious but not everything Harvey Weinstein level. I remember when I was in Atlanta and was in the cafeteria (in CNN). … This young woman adjusted me to the nipples and said to me, “Oh, it is cold here.” I said, “OK, do you realize that if you did it to the door right now?”
Lemon said he never reported any of the instances to the upper management. Us He contacted CNN at that time to comment.
Since then, Lemon has forged his own way through social media, though he said Us It has not always been easy.
“It’s hard for me to set limits,” said Lemon Us From his presence on social media as a public figure. “Now I have learned to say” no “, and they will ask myself why and I will only say” not “just because I do not, I am not interested in. I need to take care of myself, so my limits are now learning the word” no “and ensuring -me that” no “means what it means.” Does not mean no. “
In addition to the lemon, Hollywood’s fifth birthday unlocked Fantasy With the inspiration prize, Keke Palmer With the Spirit Prize, Niecy Nash Betts With the Fearlessness Prize, Vic Mensa with the community prize and Warren g With the Culture Award. Comedian Tiffany Haddish He hosted the Friday ceremony.
With reports from Matt Minton