Is CNNs Don Lemon Gay, Who Is His Partner Or Friend, Salary, Net Worth?

May 2024 · 3 minute read

Don Lemon has become one of the most recognizable faces on CNN in recent years. The fiery journalist, who anchors CNN Tonight with Don Lemon, is liked and disliked for his strong and somewhat outspoken opinions on a variety of issues, involving not just politics but ethnicity. Notably, he called the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, a racist.

Lemon is also an author who published the autobiography Transparent in 2011. Earlier in 2009, Ebony Magazine named him one of the 150 most influential African Americans.

biography

Don Lemon was born to Donald Davis Lemon’s mother named Katherine Clark on March 1, 1966 in Baton Rouge, the capital of the US state of Louisiana. Along with his two sisters; Leisa, who died January 31, 2018, and Yma, Lemon were raised by his mother and grandmother in West Baton Rouge and Port Allen until his mother remarried in 1976. He is of French and West/Central African descent.

Lemon attended Baker High School in EastBaton Rouge Parish, after which he enrolled at Louisiana State University in 1984. He was unable to graduate from college before moving to New York to take a job with television network WNYW. He later enrolled at Brooklyn College, where he earned his broadcast journalism degree in 1996.

After graduation, Don Lemon moved to Birmingham, Alabama, where he worked as a weekend news editor for the Fox-affiliated WBRC television network. After spending some time there, Lemon left the job to record another in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the NBC-owned and WCAU-operated television network. He also worked as an investigative reporter and anchor for Fox affiliate KTVI in St. Louis, Missouri.

Don Lemon later worked for NBC News as a reporter, correspondent and host on various programs before joining MSNBC to host another news program. In 2003 he moved to Chicago to work for another NBC owned and operated television network, WMAQ. There he reported on local news. During his time here, he notably won an Emmy Award for his coverage of Chicago’s real estate market. In 2005, he won another for his coverage of Hurricane Katrina, where CNN hired him and presented him with his own show.

What is his salary and net worth?

Don Lemon, who received the Edward R. Murrow Award for his reporting and coverage of sniper shooting in 2002 in DC, Maryland and Virginia, is said to take home an annual salary of around $128,000. He is also said to have a net worth of $3 million.

Is CNN’s Don Lemon gay?

The prolific news anchor is indeed gay. He made this known to the public in his autobiography entitled Transparent, in which he openly discussed his sexuality and issues of homophobia and colorism in the African American community. He went on to speak about the sexual abuse he suffered as a child.

Since his unveiling, Lemon has been one of the biggest gay voices in the black community. He continues to be considered a role model for all gay men regardless of their race.

Who is his partner or friend?

The 5ft 6in tall Louisiana native is reportedly in a relationship with a man named Tim Malone, a Boston College grad who works as a sales manager. It’s not clear exactly when the two started dating, but they were first publicly pictured together in October 2017, when they left the star-studded Saturday Night Live after-party at Tao Restaurant and Night Club in New York. Previously, the two had only shared photos via their social media accounts, leading to speculation of a new relationship.

Don Lemon was previously in a somewhat high-profile but low-key relationship with award-winning choreographer John Byrne. A graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Arts, Bryne is best known for his appearances in music videos such as Christina Aguilera ‘s Can’t Hold Us , Britney Spears ‘ Every Time and Elton John ‘s I Believe in Love , among others.

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