Don Lemon ‘Being a Bridezilla’ Ahead of Wedding to Longtime Fiancé Tim Malone

“They are a box of nerves right now and Don is kind of being a bridezilla because he has wanted this picture-perfect fairytale marriage, and he is micromanaging everyone,” the insider revealed.

“They are both going to wear matching suits with different lapels. It won’t be a very religious ceremony, but they have written vows they will read to each other,” the source added. “Tim was joking with coworkers that he would use ChatGPT to write his.”

“Several of Tim’s co-workers from Douglas Elliman are going to be there. Their dogs are also expected to be a part of the ceremony just as they were a part of their engagement.”

The wedding bells are arriving eight years after Lemon and Malone started dating and five years after they got engaged. The pair first went public with their relationship by ringing in the new year with an on-air kiss during CNN’s 2018 New Year’s Eve broadcast.

Malone proposed on Lemon’s birthday the following year with some assistance from their dogs Barkley and Boomer. The pups helped pop the question by wearing custom engraved dog tags that read, “Daddy will you marry papa?”

After their engagement, Lemon, who came out as gay in his 2011 memoir Transparent, told CNN viewers, “I grew up thinking that I would never be able to be public with my relationships, let alone ever get legally married. So for me this is doubly thrilling and just a wee bit terrifying. Guess I have to start thinking about children. Talk about a late bloomer.”