Don Lemon once sat comfortably atop the CNN throne, lecturing America from his primetime perch. But after nearly twenty years and a long list of controversies, the network finally cut him loose — and his fall from grace has been spectacular. Now, instead of shaping national conversations, Lemon’s been relegated to cheap shots and petty gossip.
On a recent episode of the “Clip Farmers” podcast, the former anchor joined hosts to ridicule the looks of conservative women — including Megyn Kelly, a successful media powerhouse who’s thriving while Lemon’s brand fades fast.
Don lemon uses “trans” as an insult saying @megynkelly looks “trans.”
I thought trans women are women and more beautiful than actual women??
Oh Don… pic.twitter.com/3lPZRd5fA3
— Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) October 29, 2025
“I think she looks trans,” Lemon said of Kelly, before adding, “Looks clockable.” In case you were wondering, “clockable” is a term to describe a trans person who doesn’t “pass” as their identified gender.
Make no mistake: if anyone else had said what Don Lemon just did, he’d be leading the mob calling for their cancellation. He’s spent years branding people “transphobic” or “bigoted” for far less. His own record is the blueprint for woke outrage.
Back in 2016, after the horrific Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting, Lemon was quick to point fingers over “homophobia” as a driving factor. Then in 2019, he publicly berated comedian Kevin Hart over decade-old tweets, demanding accountability and moral purity from everyone but himself.
“Someone like Kevin Hart, with one of the biggest megaphones in the entire world, he can be a leader … he can help change homophobia in the black community, something Kevin’s old twitter jokes addressed but in the wrong way,” Lemon said. “That was a joke to Kevin. The truth is, that is a reality for many little boys in the United States … somewhere a black dad is beating his black son.”
Now, when it’s Lemon mocking women and crossing the same lines he used to police, suddenly the outrage disappears. The hypocrisy couldn’t be more obvious.
They tell on themselves constantly when they say women who stand up for women’s rights look like men. It’s the new ‘I never met a pretty feminist.’ Like every other dangerous virus, misogyny mutates to survive. pic.twitter.com/QMNiNr5Iip
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) October 31, 2025
Fitness guru Jillian Michaels shredded Lemon for his remarks, calling him the “ultimate hypocrite.”
"He’s the ultimate hypocrite… identity politics is gross, period."
Jillian Michaels responds to Don Lemon saying Megyn Kelly 'looks trans'.
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? https://t.co/h9WoSSKVjE@piersmorgan | @JillianMichaels pic.twitter.com/MdDli7AchW
— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) October 29, 2025
Morgan said, “What I was struck by…was there’s Don Lemon, you know, the great standard bearer for the Black gay community, seemingly using ‘trans’ as a derogatory way to describe somebody. I’m shocked.”
Michaels replied, “He’s the ultimate hypocrite. I am not a Don Lemon fan.”
She added, “You’ve got a Democratic candidate that’s got a Nazi tattoo…it should be unilaterally condemned. Identity politics is gross, period.”
The Left loves to smear conservatives as “anti-gay” or “transphobic” for holding traditional views — whether it’s opposing same-sex marriage or refusing to endorse the medical transitioning of children. But when the roles are reversed, people like Don Lemon have no problem weaponizing those same identities as insults if it helps them score cheap political points.
It’s the classic projection game. As J.K. Rowling put it perfectly, they “tell on themselves constantly.”
