Don Lemon was born March 1, 1966, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He has Creole ancestry; his great-grandfather was of French descent. Lemon reported for NBC News’s New York City operations. He later achieved prominence as the presenter of CNN Tonight beginning in 2014.
About Don Lemon in brief
Don Lemon was born March 1, 1966, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He has Creole ancestry; his great-grandfather was of French descent. He attended Baker High School, a public high school in the town of Baker in East Baton Rouge Parish. After attending Louisiana State University, Lemon graduated from Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York, majoring in broadcast journalism. Lemon reported for NBC News’s New York City operations, including working as a correspondent for both Today, and NBC Nightly News; and as an anchor on Weekend Today and programs on MSNBC. He later achieved prominence as the presenter of CNN Tonight beginning in 2014. In his 2011 memoir, Transparent, Lemon publicly came out as gay.
He also discussed colorism in the black community and the sexual abuse he suffered as a child. In November 2018, he received attention for stating that homegrown white supremacists were a bigger threat to the country than immigrants. Lemon received death threats laced with racial slurs; he filed a police report detailing the incident. In August 2019, a bartender, Dustin Hice, filed a civil lawsuit against Lemon for a unprovoked and offensive assault in a Sag Harbor tavern in July 2018. Lemon met real estate agent Tim Malone in 2017, after which the two began dating. The couple announced in April 2019 that they were engaged.
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