Chris Cuomo Plans To Block Ex-Friend Don Lemon From Joining NewsNation, Still Hold Grudge: Sources

“CNN and Don have parted ways,” Chris Licht, CNN’s CEO, said. “Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years. We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors.”

Lemon said he was blindsided. “I am stunned,” Mr. Lemon said. “After 17 years at CNN, I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly. At no time was I ever given any indication that I would not be able to continue to do the work I have loved at the network.”