Don Lemon is calling Megyn Kelly out for being a "racist" and "the worst person who's not on television anymore."
The former CNN host didn't pull his punches on the latest episode of his YouTube show, during which he called out Kelly for attacking MSNBC anchor Joy Reid after she was recently let go from the network.
"I usually don't like to talk about her, because she is one of those people [who] thrives on it — she has built the second part of her career — on being a troll," Lemon said in the 20-minute segment.
MSNBC recently announced its decision to remove The ReidOut with Joy Reid from its lineup. Reid, the only Black woman in the network’s primetime programming, has been let go entirely. Kelly responded to the news by mocking Reid online.
"Remember when Joy Reid laughingly mocked 'white women tears' as pathetic and offensive to her? Who’s crying now, Joy?" she wrote on Twitter/X. "Good riddance to the absolute worst person on television, and shame on NBC for letting it go on this long."
Lemon showed her post about Reid onscreen alongside numerous stories about the former Fox News and NBC anchor degrading or talking down to women, noting that Kelly is "supposed to be all about women and [supporting] women." He called her a "racist," noting that Kelly "has an ax to grind when it comes to NBC" since she was fired from the network in 2019 after defending blackface.
"She supposedly learned from it and then spent every day after it apologizing for it, and being fired for it. Then spent every day proving the point that she is a racist, and not very supportive of women," Lemon said. "If you look ... the evidence is in the Google search in what she says about women and how she calls them out all the time."
Lemon then used Kelly's own words against her, saying that "the worst person on television was fired from NBC and the Today Show a few years ago, and that's Megyn Kelly. That's the worst person who's not on television anymore — it's you.
"So let me just say to Megyn Kelly, in my 30-some years of being a journalist, and my 50-some years as a person of color: Go fuck yourself," Lemon concluded.
