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Viewers’ reacted harshly to Dom Lemon’s departure from the canceled “Don Lemon Tonight” show. The show had programming issues and low ratings.
Lemon addressed viewers, “I know I was not always perfect because no one is perfect. Because there are immense pressures that come with this job and in particular this time slot at 10 o’clock when people are going to bed. So sometimes all I could do — I’m gonna be honest with you — is just smile and just get to the commercial break sometimes.”
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He added, “Sometimes it was exhausting because some of the things that we discuss here are so personal and so consuming, all-consuming. So I hope I made you proud. And I thank you for tuning in all these years. And I hope that you’re going to join me in the morning. So I will simply say good night, and I will see you soon.”
As he walked away, he concluded with, “I’m gonna leave, and I’m gonna go upstairs.” “Bye”
“It’s funny that he actually thought he was perfect sometimes,” one commenter said.
“Actually you were perfect, Don — perfectly never objective on every subject….but then again no one watched you, especially me,” added another commenter said.
“I fought back tears, too,” another commenter said. “Tears of joy.”
Lemon was known for left-wing support which brought criticism. Lemon supported Joe Biden’s “semi-fascism” term to describe “MAGA Republicans,” saying that Biden’s words were “unifying,” people think they are “true.”
“Actually you were perfect, Don — perfectly never objective on every subject….but then again no one watched you, especially me,” another commenter said.
“Rarely, if ever, perfect. Helped spread the hate and discontent,” another commenter wrote.
“Just like he said, nobody’s perfect nor always perfect,” another commenter noted. “He should have said, ‘I make bad judgments.’ Using the word perfect [for yourself] is stroking your own ego.”
“I fought back tears, too,” another commenter said. “Tears of joy.”
“Being demoted is sad, but this seems like party time!” another commenter exclaimed.
— Advertisement — “Hilarious,” another commenter wrote.
But right after the announcement, Lemon’s leftism seemed revived. In fact, he suggested the vast wealth inherited by King Charles III after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, should be spent on reparations for descendants of the victims of the African slave trade — after which a British commentator raked him over the coals.
Late last month, as Hurricane Ian was hitting Florida’s west coast, Lemon tried and failed to get an expert from the National Hurricane Center to blame the storm’s intensity on climate change.
