Musk reportedly decided to end the contract with Lemon -- which he reportedly failed to sign -- after a tense interview for the debut episode of the program.
"The idea that you can censor your way into some kind of selection of arguments that you like or don't like so, and simply demonizing what you disagree with, is not making it better."
"The Athletic has to own this. They have to own that one of their highest-paid employees seems like, sounds like, feels like, was banging an NFL head coach who's married."
The timeline of Maria Bartiromo's last appearances on the network coincides with the announcement that current White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt would resign from the post.