Don Lemon tells Tamron Hall antidepressants helped get him through CNN firing

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by carlos grier

Don Lemon said he was taking antidepressants after being fired from CNN in the summer.

Lemon also told Tamron Hall on Thursday’s show that she is experimenting with alternative medications to treat her depression under the supervision of her doctor.

The former CNN anchor, who was recently dropped from a new show on Elon Musk’s platform X, told Hall. I’m currently taking antidepressants. ”

He also said, “It…helped me get through the summer after I got fired. I’m doing talk therapy right now, and my doctor is also giving me guided therapy with drugs.”

Lemon announced last week that Musk had abruptly canceled his new show on X after interviewing a tech mogul as his first guest. Tesla’s masters apparently didn’t like this development.

“A few hours after I did the interview, he informed me of his decision,” the former CNN anchor said. explained in a lengthy statement on social media platforms. last week.

Lemon was said to have become emotional when he first appeared on Hall’s show.

“He was tearfully happy to see how Tamron bounced back after NBC. He’s still emotional about everything,” a source told Page Six.

Hall left NBC News and MSNBC in 2017 after a 10-year tenure after his show “Today’s Take” with Al Roker was canceled, we exclusively reported at the time.

Despite Musk ending his partnership with the former CNN veteran, Lemon said on Hall’s show that “Elon Musk was never his boss. He never worked for Musk. “,” the official said.

Lemon also addressed the Post’s report on a wild list of demands to join X, calling it a “clear distraction” and “not true.”

in Documents previously obtained by the PostMr. Lemon asked for an $8 million salary, a Cybertruck, and equity and veto power over the site’s news policies, among other demands.

His agent and publicist categorically denied this.

But Hall described the whole thing as a shrewd business move, quipping that if he had been negotiating with Musk, he would have asked for a “fleet of Teslas.”

“You can’t eat food with your mouth closed,” she added.

“But here’s the thing: You’re right,” Lemon admitted. “People negotiate all the time, but maybe they’re not used to negotiating talent. I’m not saying any of it is true. But people ask for a lot of things. It doesn’t mean you’re going to get it. If you don’t ask, you won’t get it.”