As NewsBusters beforehand reported, CNN’s low-rated morning host Don Lemon has a historical past of on-air outbursts and privately berating his co-hosts for interrupting him. On Thursday night time, Fox Information host Tucker Carlson acquired in on the enjoyable by mocking “diva Don Lemon” for his obvious fragile psychological state. 

“We’ll concede we spent many completely happy years making enjoyable of Mr. Don Lemon of CNN. And at occasions we’ll concede we have been just a little merciless,” Carlson began out by admitting. 

“However as we have now mocked him and we have now, there was actually an undercurrent of actual affection. We type of admire Don Lemon,” Carlson continued. “How can a person so clearly restricted have such boundless shallowness?” 

Carlson saved up the mockery of Lemon: 

Would not he know he is an fool? No, he has no concept. That is the man who as soon as steered {that a} industrial airliner had been eaten by a black gap. And when individuals laughed at him, he appeared utterly unbothered by their laughter. In a world of mental pretense, Don Lemon will not be ashamed of being dumb. Or for that matter ashamed of anything. When he acquired fired final 12 months from his primetime gig for low rankings and reassigned to mornings, he advised viewers it was a promotion and he appeared to imply it.

Carlson noticed that there’s one factor that will get beneath Lemon’s pores and skin greater than anything “and that is not being the prettiest individual on the set. That drives him insane.”  

“So presumably as a type of torture, or a type of punishment, CNN’s new president Chris Licht paired Don Lemon with two a lot youthful, way more engaging co-hosts, Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow. And the usually steely Don Lemon started to soften down earlier than our very eyes,” Carlson famous with glee. 

The star Fox Information host then aired a clip of certainly one of Lemon’s most up-to-date on-air meltdowns. (Click on develop to learn): 

KAITLAN COLLINS: Thanks for taking time to affix us. 

REP. JAMES COMER: Thanks for having me. 

DON LEMON: Alright, thanks. That is going to be it. That is the time that we’re in the place details are type of versatile and— 

POPPY HARLOW: That is why we have now Kaitlan Collins on the hill. Reality-checking in real-time. It was a fantastic interview. 

LEMON: Citing uncredible sources, like citing The New York Publish as a reputable supply and saying that details are–it is–I am unable to consider that we’re right here. 

HARLOW: Kaitlan that was a fantastic interview. All proper. Shifting on. 

LEMON: Anyway, not transferring on as a result of, pay attention, that is a giant concern when it comes — maintain on, please, with the music. That’s a giant concern in the case of the American individuals. The American persons are going to should undergo via all of these items from election deniers to individuals who do not consider in details, we do not have a shared actuality and now it is taking heart stage too, individuals like Marjorie Taylor Greene.

When Carlson got here again stay he chuckled and mentioned: “That is Thanksgiving on the alcoholic passive-aggressive household’s home.” 

Clearly recognizing that Lemon is in disaster, Carlson proposed that “CNN president Chris Licht actually ought to take a seat down with this man over a couple of mango white claws and simply let him know that simply because any person else is fairly doesn’t suggest that you simply’re ugly.” 

Carlson requested, “is it gonna work?” We do not know. However they’ve gotta attempt one thing. Don Lemon is on the brink.” 

To learn the transcript of the phase click on “develop”:

FNC’s Tucker Carlson Tonight
2/9/2023
8:36:10 p.m. Japanese 

TUCKER CARLSON: We’ll concede we spent many completely happy years making enjoyable of Mr. Don Lemon of CNN. And at occasions we’ll concede we have been just a little merciless. However as we have now mocked him and we have now, there was actually an undercurrent of actual affection. We type of admire Don Lemon. How can a person so clearly restricted have such boundless shallowness? 

Would not he know he is an fool? No, he has no concept. That is the man who as soon as steered {that a} industrial airliner had been eaten by a black gap. And when individuals laughed at him, he appeared utterly unbothered by their laughter. In a world of mental pretense, Don Lemon will not be ashamed of being dumb. Or for that matter ashamed of anything. 

When he acquired fired final 12 months from his primetime gig for low rankings and reassigned to mornings, he advised viewers it was a promotion and he appeared to imply it. So no matter else you say about Mr. Don Lemon, he’s unflappable or so we assumed. It seems that there’s actually one factor that bothers Don Lemon and that is not being the prettiest individual on the set. That drives him insane. 

So presumably as a type of torture, or a type of punishment, CNN’s new president Chris Licht paired Don Lemon with two a lot youthful, way more engaging co-hosts, Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow. And the usually steely Don Lemon started to soften down earlier than our very eyes. The opposite day, for instance, after Kaitlan Collins interviewed a Republican member of Congress, Don Lemon launched into an assault on Republicans that wasn’t really an assault on Republicans however a not-so-veiled assault on his co-host, Kaitlan Collins. Cannot try this. Producers within the management room turned up the music to get him to be quiet. We’re going to industrial now! However he shushed them to maintain attacking her. Watch this. 

[cuts to video]

KAITLAN COLLINS: Thanks for taking time to affix us. 

REP. JAMES COMER: Thanks for having me. 

DON LEMON: Alright, thanks. That is going to be it. That is the time that we’re in the place details are type of versatile and— 

POPPY HARLOW: That is why we have now Kaitlan Collins on the hill. Reality-checking in real-time. It was a fantastic interview. 

LEMON: Citing uncredible sources, like citing The New York Publish as a reputable supply and saying that details are–it is–I am unable to consider that we’re right here. 

HARLOW: Kaitlan that was a fantastic interview. All proper. Shifting on. 

LEMON: Anyway, not transferring on as a result of, pay attention, that is a giant concern when it comes — maintain on, please, with the music. That’s a giant concern in the case of the American individuals. The American persons are going to should undergo via all of these items from election deniers to individuals who do not consider in details, we do not have a shared actuality and now it is taking heart stage too, individuals like Marjorie Taylor Greene.

[cuts back to live]

CARLSON: That is Thanksgiving on the alcoholic passive-aggressive household’s home. The American individuals sheiks Don Lemon. The American individuals! After all, it is not concerning the American individuals. It is positively not about, quote details. Info? No. It is about how Don Lemon feels about himself. 

CNN president Chris Licht actually ought to take a seat down with this man over a couple of mango white claws and simply let him know that simply because any person else is fairly doesn’t suggest that you simply’re ugly. It is okay, Don. You are stunning inside. Or one thing. Is it gonna work? We do not know. However they’ve gotta attempt one thing. Don Lemon is on the brink.