NBA Star Defends Don Lemon After Comment About Women: ‘We Know Your Heart Was in the Right Place’
CNN’s Don Lemon is receiving back-up from a famed basketball player. After the host faced criticism for comments he made about women, Lemon apologized on Twitter, writing, “The reference I made to a woman’s ‘prime’ this…
CNN’s Don Lemon is receiving back-up from a famed basketball player.
After the host faced criticism for comments he made about women, Lemon apologized on Twitter, writing, “The reference I made to a woman’s ‘prime’ this morning was inartful and irrelevant, as colleagues and loved ones have pointed out, and I regret it.”
“A woman’s age doesn’t define her either personally or professionally. I have countless women in my life who prove that every day,” he added.
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In a tweet on Thursday, National Basketball Association star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote, “Don – we know your heart was in the right place. I think you were referencing women being in their prime during their ‘reproductive years.'”
“Women are always in their ‘prime’ because in my opinion, they get stronger, more courageous and more beautiful as they get older,” he added.
Lemon suggested on “CNN This Morning” Thursday that Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley’s mention of politicians being out of their prime is “the wrong road to go down.”
“She says people, you know, politicians are suddenly not in their prime. Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime. Sorry, when a woman is considered to be in her prime in her 20s and 30s and maybe 40s,” he continued.