Don Lemon Approaches N.Y.C. Subway Riders with Photo of Himself in Puzzling New TikTok: 'Am I Wrong for This?'

Mar. 15, 2025

Don Lemon chases NYC subway in TikTok video.Photo:Don Lemon/Instagram

Don Lemon/Instagram

Don Lemonis letting loose in the New York City subways.

The former CNN anchor posted an unexpected TikTok on Thursday, Feb. 27 that captured him going up to unsuspecting subway riders to show them a photo on his phone — and he had someone capturing the results.

At first, Lemon, 58, knocked on the window of a subway car that was pulled into a station and when a woman turned to look at him, he showed her a strange photo that appeared to be a combination of Donkey fromShrekandSonic the Hedgehog. As the train car pulled away, Lemon laughed.

He then showed a different photo. This time, one of himself, to another unsuspecting subway rider right as her train pulled away. He even ran with the subway for a few seconds to hold the woman’s attention.

The person filming Lemon was laughing, as was the journalist, as he held up a blue-tinted photo of himself on his phone, showing the camera what he’d shown the subway rider.

“Look at this picture…” he captioned the post, and in a comment under it, he wrote, “Am I wrong for this? 😂 😭.”

His followers seemed to think he was not wrong for it, as one person wrote, “Don after CNN has been amazing” and another wrote, “Don Lemon with no job is the best thing that’s happened to me this year.”

Lemon’s playful video comes days after he andMegyn Kellybegan a terse online exchange following Kelly’s response toJoy Reid’s exit from MSNBC.

“Remember when Joy Reid laughingly mocked ‘White women tears’ as pathetic and offensive to her? Who’s crying now, Joy?” Kelly wrote onX. “Good riddance to the absolute worst person on television, and shame on NBC for letting it go on this long.”

Don Lemon at the 14th Annual NFL Honors on Feb. 6, 2025.Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty

Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty

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In response, Lemon said on hisYouTubeshow: “So let me just say to Megyn Kelly, in my 30-some years as a journalist and my 50-some years as a person of color: Go f— yourself. Okay?”

He also called Kelly “the worst person from television” as he referencedher firing from NBC andTodayin 2018.

source: people.com