TV Stars Who Are Still Close With Don Lemon After His CNN Firing

After Don Lemon was axed from CNN after 17 years, few celebrities issued public sentiments of solidarity. “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” star Michelle Yeoh threw some not-so-subtle shade at Lemon during her best actress Oscar acceptance speech in March. “Ladies, don’t let anybody tell you you’re ever past your prime,” she said. “Michelle Yeoh calling out CNN’s Don Lemon was not on my Oscar bingo card,” Netflix writer P.T. Philben tweeted in response.

However, there are still some stars out there who remain close to Lemon. One of them is Joy Behar, who definitely falls into Lemon’s past-her-prime category at 80 years old as of this writing. “Joy Ride,” Lemon captioned an Instagram photo of Behar in the back of his car as he drove with his fiancé, Tim Malone. “Joyvbehar trying to protect her hairdo in a convertible. Futile. Quote: ‘My hair was a mess the whole night, but I still looked good. Ha!’”

Behar is no stranger to controversy herself. Good Housekeeping listed the octogenarian’s Halloween “Black face” photo controversy and when she seemingly threw Meghan McCain under the bus as two examples of her contentious behavior. Following Variety’s shocking report accusing Lemon of misogyny and bullying female coworkers, Behar was quick to jump to his defense. “But I only know him personally,” she conceded (via Fox News). “I don’t know what he does when he’s with his coworkers.”