Don Lemon says ‘women love’ disgraced ‘Today’ host Matt Lauer, pushes for comeback

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon thinks the comeback way could suit Matt Lauer well.

Lemon believes that if the disgraced “Today” show big ever decides to instrumentality to the spotlight, he’d beryllium welcomed with unfastened arms — particularly by women.

Lauer, who was famously fired from NBC News for intersexual misconduct successful 2017, has kept a comparatively debased illustration since his arguable dismissal.

But that could beryllium h2o nether the span for Lauer’s galore pistillate fans, according to Lemon, who himself was fired from CNN successful 2023 pursuing accusations of misogynistic behavior.

“Women emotion him,” helium shared connected the latest occurrence of the “Hollywood Raw” podcast. “They’re like, ‘Man, ohio my God, tin I get a picture? I emotion you. I miss you connected television.’ I deliberation the nationalist loves him. The nationalist misses him … it’s the radical wrong the concern who are afraid.”

The erstwhile “Don Lemon Tonight” big has been shoring up his ain beingness online aft parting ways with CNN, wherever helium worked connected aerial for 17 years. The twice-daily livestreams of the “Don Lemon Show” connected Instagram person attracted hundreds of thousands of followers since his new amusement connected X was abruptly canceled by Elon Musk past year.

Lemon believes Lauer could find akin occurrence distant from the accepted TV landscape.

“I deliberation that if helium could travel backmost to digital, helium tin acceptable his ain course,” Lemon told podcast hosts Dax Holt and Adam Glyn erstwhile asked if Lauer tin marque a comeback. “Whenever I spot Matt retired and astir — oregon you know, if we spell retired to dinner, my hubby and I spell retired to meal with him and his fiancée — and radical emotion him.”

Lauer, 67, was dumped from “Today” erstwhile erstwhile NBC worker Brooke Nevils alleged that helium sexually assaulted her.

The longtime greeting amusement big denied the allegations, which led much women to travel guardant with claims of intersexual misconduct. He yet acknowledged successful a connection that “there is capable information successful these stories to marque maine consciousness embarrassed and ashamed.”

Lemon said that successful the aftermath of the reelection of Donald Trump, who was found liable of intersexual abuse successful 2023, his pal stands a amended accidental of a instrumentality present than ever before.

“Maybe successful this full Trump era, erstwhile canceled is over, possibly determination is simply a mode that he’ll travel back,” Lemon pondered. “I deliberation the wide nationalist would judge Matt back. And I deliberation radical would ticker him and I deliberation the ratings would beryllium great.”