Longtime CNN host Don Lemon is out at the cable news network a little over two months after apologizing to viewers for on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, CNN announced Monday바카라 게임 웹사이트�CNN and Don have parted ways,바카라 게임 웹사이트� CNN chair and CEO Chris Licht said in a memo to staff that was also posted on the network's communications Twitter account. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years. We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors.바카라 게임 웹사이트�CNN did not provide a public explanation for Lemon's departure. But on the 바카라 게임 웹사이트�CNN This Morning바카라 게임 웹사이트� co-host's own Twitter account, Lemon contended the news came as a surprise to him and characterized it as a firing. He had appeared on his show that morning.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN. I am stunned,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he wrote in a statement posted shortly after 12 p.m. Eastern. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�After 17 years at CNN I would have thought that someone in management would have the decency to tell me directly. At no time was I ever given any indication that I would not be able to continue to do the work I have loved at the network.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Around 45 minutes later, CNN issued a rebuttal on its PR account: 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Don Lemon바카라 게임 웹사이트�s statement about this morning바카라 게임 웹사이트�s events is inaccurate. He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Lemon's ouster came the same day that Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 announced it was abruptly parting ways with its most popular host, conservative personality Tucker Carlson.In mid-February, Lemon caused an uproar when, during a discussion on 바카라 게임 웹사이트�CNN This Morning바카라 게임 웹사이트� with co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins about the ages of politicians, he said that the 51-year-old Haley was not 바카라 게임 웹사이트�in her prime.바카라 게임 웹사이트� A woman, he said, was considered in her prime 바카라 게임 웹사이트�in her 20s, 30s and maybe her 40s.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Harlow challenged Lemon, trying to clarify what he was referencing: 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I think we need to qualify. Are you talking about prime for childbearing or are you talking about prime for being president?바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�Don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t shoot the messenger, I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m just saying what the facts are,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Lemon responded. He brought up the subject again an hour later, and was rebutted by commentator Audie Cornish.Lemon issued a statement the same day saying he regretted his 바카라 게임 웹사이트�inartful and irrelevant바카라 게임 웹사이트� comments. He was subsequently absent from the show for three days, returning the following week with a tweeted apology but no mention of the episode on air.Licht told staffers in a memo at the time that Lemon would undergo 바카라 게임 웹사이트�formal training,바카라 게임 웹사이트� but did not specify what that would entail. Licht added that it was important to him that the network 바카라 게임 웹사이트�balances accountability with 바카라 게임 웹사이트� fostering a culture in which people can own, learn and grow from their mistakes.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Lemon used to host the prime-time 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Don Lemon Tonight바카라 게임 웹사이트� but moved to the mornings when the network launched 바카라 게임 웹사이트�CNN This Morning바카라 게임 웹사이트� last November, just before the U.S. midterm elections, as one of the first major programming moves under Licht. But the show hasn't had the intended ratings effect, and CNN leadership urged patience last month amid downturn in viewership across the board.Haley, who had criticized Lemon's statements as sexist and used the incident to fundraise in February, took to Twitter on Monday to call Lemon바카라 게임 웹사이트�s ouster 바카라 게임 웹사이트�a great day for women everywhere,바카라 게임 웹사이트� linking to the beverage sleeves emblazoned with 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Past my prime? Hold my beer.바카라 게임 웹사이트�___Associated Press Writer Meg Kinnard contributed reporting from Columbia, South Carolina.