{"id":82550,"date":"2024-03-13T18:03:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T18:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/13\/elon-musk-cancels-don-lemons-show-on-x-after-a-tense-interview\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T18:03:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T18:03:38","slug":"elon-musk-cancels-don-lemons-show-on-x-after-a-tense-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/13\/elon-musk-cancels-don-lemons-show-on-x-after-a-tense-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk cancels Don Lemon\u2019s show on X after a \u2018tense\u2019 interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Elon Musk appears to have canceled Don Lemon\u2019s show on X over some interview questions Musk didn\u2019t like. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/donlemon\/status\/1767948372999299549?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">Lemon says<\/a> that Musk terminated their partnership just hours after a \u201ctense\u201d interview between him and the platform\u2019s owner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Lemon doesn\u2019t say what exactly transpired during his interview, but he does say that Musk \u201cis mad\u201d at him. \u201cThroughout our conversation, I kept reiterating to him that although it was tense at times, I thought it was good for people to see and hear our exchange, and that they would learn from our conversation,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/donlemon\/status\/1767949937894121894?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">Lemon says<\/a> in a video posted to X. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Lemon adds that \u201cthere were no restrictions on the interview that he willingly agreed to, and my questions were respectful and wide ranging, covering everything from SpaceX to the presidential election.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1767961809967829154?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">Musk says he canceled<\/a> the show because it was too much like CNN. He didn\u2019t comment on the interview questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\"><em>The Don Lemon<\/em> <em>Show<\/em> was supposed to air on X three times per week, with topics ranging from politics and culture to sports and entertainment. It was part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/1\/9\/24031614\/x-don-lemon-show-tulsi-gabbard-jim-rome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exclusive video partnerships<\/a> X made with several hosts, including former US Representative Tulsi Gabbard and sports radio host Jim Rome. At the time, X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/XBusiness\/status\/1744750943986446394?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">championed the move<\/a> as part of its mission to become \u201ca free speech platform for all voices.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/XBusiness\/status\/1767956757882581042?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">X\u2019s Business account also confirmed<\/a> that the platform ended its deal with Lemon\u2019s show. \u201cLike any enterprise, we reserve the right to make decisions about our business partnerships,\u201d the post reads, adding that <em>The<\/em> <em>Don Lemon Show<\/em> is still \u201cwelcome to publish its content\u201d on X. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Lemon was fired from CNN last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/04\/24\/cnn-anchor-don-lemon-is-leaving-the-network.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after making sexist comments<\/a> toward former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. He still plans on airing his interview with Musk, but it will no longer appear exclusively on X. The interview will instead appear on YouTube, podcast platforms, and X on March 18th.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">\u201cElon publicly encouraged me to join X with a new show, saying I would have his \u2018full support,\u2019 and that his \u2018digital town square is for all,\u2019\u201d Lemon says. \u201cHis commitment to a global town square where all questions can be asked and all ideas can be shared seems not to include questions of him from people like me.\u201d X didn\u2019t immediately respond to <em>The Verge<\/em>\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/3\/13\/24099677\/don-lemon-elon-musk-x-canceled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk appears to have canceled Don Lemon\u2019s show on X over some interview questions Musk didn\u2019t like. Lemon says that Musk terminated their partnership just hours after a \u201ctense\u201d interview between him and the platform\u2019s owner. Lemon doesn\u2019t say what exactly transpired during his interview, but he does say that Musk \u201cis mad\u201d at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}