Embattled CNN This Morning anchor Don Lemon returned to the airwaves Wednesday morning. If SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly had her way, last Thursday would have been the last time Lemon appeared on the network.
During The Megyn Kelly Show Tuesday, the former cable news host was bewildered by CNN refusing to fire Lemon over his comments.
“Do women matter? Do we matter?” questioned Kelly with her comments aimed at Licht. “Because it shouldn’t have to be that you were raped by a man or 21 women come forward alleging that they’d been sexually harassed by a man or they’d been inappropriately touched by a man for their offense to matter.
“We have seen person after person get fired because they caused offense. Mere offense. When it comes to race, when it comes to sexual orientation, when it comes to gender identity, does women’s offense matter?”
Licht elected for Lemon to undergo “formal training” after his on-air opinion caused an uproar. Kelly believes that wasn’t enough.
“Does our offense matter to CNN or does someone have to grab a boob for us to count, Chris Licht?” Kelly said. “That’s my question to you because Don Lemon’s re-education camp is a farce.”
Kelly then definitively labeled Lemon a “sexist”, continuing to call for Licht to fire the host.
“Do something real — prove to us that you actually see this guy’s got a repeated problem with women. He’s a sexist.”
