Wedding bells rang on Saturday (April 6) for Don Lemon and his beau.
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It signals an upward swing for the longtime anchor after a string of career dings, including a recent spat with social media site owner Elon Musk.
Lemon tied the knot with his longtime partner Tim Malone at a ceremony in New York City after their five-year engagement.
“Just married,” Lemon posted with a photo of the tuxedoed grooms exiting a church with their three dogs.
A list of celebs attending the nuptials, included Tamron Hall, music executive Clive Davis, Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro-Cardenas and Sunny Hostin from The View.
Some Black social media users were thrilled, showering the couple with compliments.
“Congratulations! What a handsome duo,” someone responded to Lemon’s Instagram post.
As always, there were also haters: “The end of society, the end of moral standards modern day, Solomon Gamora (sic),” a person commented on TikTok, an apparent reference to Lemon’s same-sex marriage.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield officiated the ceremony at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in midtown Manhattan in front of about 140 guests, PEOPLE reported.
In recognition of Lemon’s Louisiana roots, the guests formed a second line on Manhattan’s thronging sidewalks for the husbands to parade from the church to Ralph Lauren’s Polo Bar. The celebration included a brass band and folks waving white handkerchiefs as they bopped to New Orleans jazz.
“I never thought that I would get married,” Lemon, 58, told PEOPLE. “I mean, maybe Tim’s generation, he’s 18 years younger than me. So for him maybe it was more of a possibility.”
Lemon added: “The legal part of it is a big deal because I didn’t think it could happen. And for so many years of my growing up and hiding things, I never thought it could happen legally. But when you consider all the rights that people are trying to take away, I wanted to make sure that we get this done right.”
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This moment of bliss is undoubtedly a pleasant break for Lemon. In May 2023, CNN ousted its longtime star anchor after a series of controversies, including an on-air remark about GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s age. He said the then-51-year-old Haley “isn’t in her prime, sorry.”
For months, Lemon faded from the public’s eye. He appeared to resurrect his journalism career with a streaming program, The Don Lemon Show, on X, formerly known as Twitter and owned by Musk.
But the social media billionaire abruptly canceled Lemon’s show in March after his interview with Lemon for the anchor’s unaired first episode. Musk became irritated when Lemon asked him about the platform’s lack of content moderation and the spread of hate speech.
Hopefully, the pendulum is swinging in the right direction.
Congrats to the happy couple!
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