Former CNN anchor Don Lemon slammed Megyn Kelly who said she wouldn’t be crying any tears for MSNBC’s anchor Joy Reid losing her MSNBC show “The ReidOut” — and her subsequent exit from the network.
Speaking out on his YouTube show, Lemon went on a rant against Kelly, saying first that he “usually doesn’t like to talk about her,” and labeling her “a troll” and “a racist.”
“I usually don’t like to talk about her because she’s one of those people, she thrives on it,” Lemon said. “She has built the second part of her career on being a troll.”
“Let me just say to Megyn Kelly, in my 30 some years as a journalist, and my 50 some years as a person of color, go f*** yourself,” he added, after playing a clip of Kelly saying something similar on her show about Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski and their visit to Mar-a-lago following President Donald Trump’s victory.
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— Don Lemon (@Donlemonbsky) February 24, 2025
Lemon, who was fired from CNN in 2023, also said that “the worst person from television was fired from NBC and the ‘Today’ show a few years ago, and that’s Megyn Kelly.”
The former CNN host’s rant came after Kelly posted on X, “good riddance,” in reference to Reid.
“Remember when Joy Reid laughingly mocked ‘White women tears’ as pathetic and offensive to her? Who’s crying now, Joy?” Kelly wrote. “Good riddance to the absolute worst person on television, and shame on NBC for letting it go on this long.”
“Joy Reid has viciously mocked the tears of every white person she’s helped cancel over the years for some imaginary racial slight,” she added. “She’s had zero empathy for anyone. Now she wants us to feel sorry for her. WE DON’T.”
Later on “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast, the host played clips of Reid’s “most racist moments” and said, “I’m thrilled she’s gone. She literally was the most racist person on television … But we won’t have her to kick around anymore, there’s a little sadness in that.”
“Single tear, White woman tears happening right here, Joy,” she added. “She was officially fired over the weekend because she’s a racist, horrible news anchor with no ratings.”
At one point, Kelly pointed out that Reid could try independent media, like Don Lemon, who got fired from CNN and later announced his plans to start his own YouTube show. “Don Lemon’s podcast, abject failure,” Kelly said.
On Tuesday, Kelly addressed Lemon’s rant against her and said “Don Lemon has no viewers. He has no listeners whatsoever. He has not been able to make it in the cable news world where he was repeatedly demoted. And then fired.”
“He was fired two minutes after getting hired by Elon [Musk], which should have been a lifeline to him, but he was too stupid to actually take advantage of it,” she added. “And now he’s too stupid to actually make it in the digital lane. So, he did the one thing he could think of to do which is get into the press by attacking me.”
“And now he’s gotten more ink than he’s gotten in the past four years,” Kelly continued. “But he’s a sad, pathetic little man who actually cannot make it in business on his own. And really at this point, thoughts and prayers, Don.”