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Dom LimãoX’s partnership is dunzo – his deal falling apart before the first episode can even air… and he blames his Elon Musk interview, where he apparently hit a nerve.
The former CNN anchor took to social media on Wednesday to announce the end of his exclusive deal with Elon’s platform — both through a written statement and in a short video he posted on X, ironically enough.
First guest. @elonmusk as if you had never seen him before.
You won’t want to miss this. #TheDonLemonShow pic.twitter.com/hEBGBAoqdp
-Don Limão (@donlemon) March 12, 2024
@donlemon
The way Don explains it… he sat down with Elon on Friday to interview him for the first episode of “The Don Lemon Show” for the platform, saying he wanted to speak to Musk as his debut guest because Elon considers himself a great defender of freedom of expression.
Don said the interview had no off-limits topics and – although DL admits the conversation got tense at times… ultimately he says he felt it was a good and fair exchange of ideas.
However, it appears Musk didn’t feel the same way, according to Lemon… who claims his deal with X – awake just two months ago – it was closed just hours after the interview ended.
Lemon told his fans that he worked with X because he believes in free speech and wanted his message to reach a mass audience… and being “fired” from in another place.
Lemon says he’s releasing the interview in all its glory on Monday, March 18, on YouTube and also on X — apparently a big middle finger to EM and company. He will also continue with the show without X’s support… so ‘The Don Lemon Show’ is still on the air.
SCOOP: As I told him would happen, @donlemonthe owner of this platform, Elon Musk, sent a terse text to his representatives: “Contract terminated” after an interview Lemon did with Musk last Friday that did not sit well with his adult son, including questions about his use of ketamine.
-Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) March 13, 2024
@karaswisher
As for what exactly the two discussed… we don’t know much, but reports are floating around. Don asked some hard-hitting questions — including questions about Musk’s use of ketamine.
By the way… Lemon apparently still thinks X owes him money – with a spokesperson for Don telling news site Puck that he’s willing to go to court for the money he believes he’s owed… to be continued, we assume .
X is a platform that champions freedom of expression and we are proud to provide an open environment for diverse voices and perspectives. The Don Lemon Show can publish its content on X, uncensored, as we believe in providing a platform for creators to scale their work…
– Business (@XBusiness) March 13, 2024
@XBusiness
In turn, X is saying that his platform is all about free speech, and Don can freely post whatever he wants… but also X is still a company and can choose to start or end partnerships with companies as he sees fit.
Their approach was basically “CNN, but on social media,” which doesn’t work, as evidenced by the fact that CNN is dying.
And instead of it being the real Don Lemon, it was just Jeff Zucker speaking through Don, so it lacked authenticity.
All that said, Lemon/Zucker are…
-Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 13, 2024
@elonmusk
As for Elon… he responded to a Mark Zuckerberg parody account on X – and claimed that Don was still doing his CNN shtick, just on Jeff Zucker. EM also says he felt like Don was putting on an act and not being authentic… which was apparently enough for him to call off the deal.
It seems like a lot of bad blood on both sides… and we’re sure it’s not over yet.