Reporting last week revealed tension behind the scenes of CNN This Morning, as Don Lemon has reportedly had “outbursts” during commercial breaks and after shows. Notably, one of the outbursts was allegedly directed at co-host Kaitlan Collins, after Lemon believed she continually interrupts him. Radio host Howie Carr couldn’t believe that producers were “shaken” by the events.
“It was apparently seen by the show’s crew, which means more people saw it than if it would have been shown on the air,” Carr joked.
The alleged outburst with Collins happened on Thursday, December 8th, in which Lemon was angered by Collins “talking over him”. The situation apparently led to Collins getting emotional and storming off the set.
Curtis Houck of NewsBusters assembled clips from the show to highlight that the two anchors did talk over each other quite often on that episode of the morning show.
CNN producers were labeled as “shaken” by the interaction, which caused Carr to question their reactions.
“I know I’m an old timer, but in the old days if you were in TV for a few years and you ended up on a network, chances are you had been in a couple of scrapes,” said Carr. “The crew was rattled? By Don Lemon screaming at somebody? They must have led sheltered lives, these people.”
CNN told Mediaite that the report from The New York Post was “wildly overblown and two months old. Don, Kaitlan and Poppy were friends before they were co-anchors and they remain friends today.”
