Watch: Don Lemon Calls Off Commercial Break, Proceeds to ‘Correct’ Co-Host’s Interview Live on TV

Has “CNN This Morning” become a toxic workplace?

Progressive host Don Lemon disrupted a commercial break to criticize an interview conducted by a colleague in a Tuesday segment.

Lemon delivered an opinion monologue critical of the interview between co-host Kaitlin Collins and Republican Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee.

Dip @donlemon Calls Off Commercial Break to Go Off on @kaitlancollins Interview With #JamesComer. Which I don’t understand, since she did a good job. Props to @PoppyHarlowCNN for standing up for her colleague. pic.twitter.com/TFiznFyqjb

— Sn00pster ️ (@sn00pdad) February 8, 2023

“That’s the time that we’re in, that facts are sort of flexible,” Lemon said of Collins’ interview, apparently upset that she didn’t challenge Comer enough.

Lemon also refused to “move on” when co-host Penny Harlow tried to transition from Lemon’s criticism of the interview.

Lemon at one point directed his crew to delay a commercial break, continuing on with criticism of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and people who “don’t believe in facts, or have a shared reality.”

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Lemon’s criticism didn’t go unchallenged. Harlow praised Collins for the interview.

Lemon was also in hot water with viewers and observers, who criticized his treatment of his female colleagues.

Cable news veteran Megyn Kelly pointed to Lemon’s monologue as disrespectful.

I have co-anchored w/the best of them. Never has a colleague so disrespectfully tried to “correct” my interview on the air or “mansplain” to me how I did it all wrong-in front of the audience no less! CNN-how much longer are u going to allow this to go on? https://t.co/edrDwkM5CW

— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) February 7, 2023