CNN chairperson rebukes Don Lemon over anchor’s remarks on Nikki Haley

Chris Licht says Lemon’s comment that Republican ‘isn’t in her prime’ left him ‘disappointed’

CNN’s chairperson Chris Licht has reproached Don Lemon for his sexist on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, whom the news anchor had said “isn’t in her prime”.

Licht issued a stern rebuke against Lemon on Friday, saying the anchor’s comments had left the chairperson “disappointed”, according to a recording of his daily editorial call, obtained by the New York Times.