Rahm Emanuel on the day he accepted the position of Chief of Staff for President-elect Barack Obama. Based out of the network’s New York bureau, Lemon reported from Chicago in the days leading up to the 2008 presidential election, including an interview with then-Rep. He also serves as a correspondent across CNN/U.S. Lemon joined CNN in September 2006 and anchors CNN Tonight with Don Lemon airing weeknights at 10pm. Or we’re too gay to be Black,” he explained. ‘Do I want to be Black or do I want to be gay?’ And sometimes some of us say we’re too Black to be gay. On the show, Don explained his struggles tackling the intersectionality of race and sex: “Historically, Black men have stayed in the closet. He later guest-starred on an episode of Jada Pinkett Smith’s web series, Red Table Talk, to discuss what it’s like being an openly gay Black man in the U.S. He ended up coming out in his first published autobiographical book, Transparent, which ultimately inspired him to advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community. Law enforcement confirmed that her death was an accident.įor many years, Don had kept his sexuality a secret, and was rumored to be secretly married to actress Stephanie Ortiz. According to the outlet, the police were called after an accident was reported, and Leisa reportedly tripped and fell into the neighborhood pond, accidentally drowning. However Leisa died during a fishing excursion in Denham Springs, La.
He was brought up alongside his two sisters ,Leisa Lemon, Yma Lemon. Celebration her mother during mother’s day, he posted a photo of him and her mother on his Instagram page describing his mom as “a lady who’s always there for me and our family for advice, a laugh, a cry, a hug or just a beer.” He ended it with “Love you mom.” Don Lemon Siblings He has Creole ancestry his great-grandfather was of French descent, in addition to Nigerian, Cameroonian, and Congolese ancestry.
He grew up in west Baton Rouge and Port Allen where he lived with his mother, siblings and grandmother until 1976 when his mother married his step-father. Richardson, played a positive role in Lemon’s young life. Lemon was born to a single working mother, Katherine Clark.
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