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In the interview with the Times, Lemon also admitted that he could have phrased the statement regarding being born out of wedlock differently to get his point across properly with no misunderstandings. Tim Malone Don Lemon (right) with his mother (middle) and Oprah Winfrey (Left). It was then that his mother and he received the traditional family that they always wanted. The anchor was only nine years old when he lost his biological dad and his divorced mother remarried. During that time, his biological father was also married to a different woman. He revealed that his single mother also wished to have a more traditional family.Īs per the Guardian, Lemon’s mother was working for his father as a legal secretary while being married to a different man. In February 2021, the host of CNN Tonight with Don Lemon gave an interview with the Times regarding his new book, ‘This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism’.Ī post shared by Don Lemon asked about his statement to stop having children out of wedlock, Lemon clarified that him being someone who was born out of wedlock would have preferred a traditional family. Lemon Linked The Controversial Statement With His Childhood He also pointed out that the lack of absent role models was an ‘express train’ to the prison and how the cycle continued. He gave the statistics that over 72% of the African American babies were born to unwed mothers, which meant absent fathers. The journalist referred to this point in unplanned babies and babies who are born to unmarried parents. He claimed that just because someone could have babies doesn’t mean they should. The final, and the most controversial, solution he gave was to stop having kids. Respecting where they live and not littering made up number three while asking the community to finish school was on his number two. On number four, he listed the N-word and how it must be stopped within the Afro-Americans’ community. For solution number five, he asked the community to ‘pull up their pants’. He said that if Afro-Americans people really wanted to fix the problems they face, then there were 5 things that they needed to fix. Lemon proposed these solutions while talking about the violence and chaos in the Afro-Americans’ Precincts. In 2013, Lemon addressed the Afro-Americans’ Community on-air and proposed a 5 plan solution for racial uplift. Lemon Asked Afro-Americans Community To Clean Up Their Act

In an interview with the Times, Lemon linked his controversies regarding the lecture he gave to Afro-American citizens in 2013 with his own childhood. The outspoken journalist has been the center of many controversies during his career. Murrow AwardĪmerican Journalist Don Lemon is an openly gay anchor who is currently affiliated with CNN. “I think it would be great if everyone could be out. Everybody’s Scrap Book of Curious Facts: A Book for Odd Moments This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism (2021) 2.