By Jen Smith, Chief Reporter For Dailymail.Com
12:30 13 Mar 2023, up to date 14:23 13 Mar 2023
- Licht took over at CNN in May final yr and vowed to right its hard-left bias
- His bets are but to repay, with rankings on among the main reveals slipping
- Licht was additionally slammed for not firing Don Lemon over sexist remarks
CNN insiders say new boss Chris Licht will likely be out of his function by Labor Day after failing to revive the beleaguered community one yr after taking on.
Licht took over from Jeff Zucker final April after Zucker’s affair with communications government Allison Gollust was uncovered.
Licht, who’d had success as a producer on different community reveals, vowed to rid CNN of its hard-left bias and to overtake its drained line-up of hosts.
His bets – together with teaming Don Lemon up with Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow for a brand new morning present – are but to repay.
Insiders say it would not assist that he’s ‘by no means alone’ and is unattainable for the ‘common folks’ to come up with.
‘He’s continuously with an entourage. You see him rush by together with his lackeys, however he doesn’t cease to speak with us common folks. It’s like he’s fearful of us,’ one advised Page Six.
‘No surprise he had no concept that [Lemon], Poppy [Harlow] and Kaitlan [Collins] had been by no means going to gel. He doesn’t have his ear to the bottom,’ they added.
Lemon, who beforehand headlined his personal eponymous present, has been slammed for speaking over his feminine cohosts continuously, and claiming not too long ago that Presidential candidate Nikki Haley is previous her ‘prime’.
Many known as for him to be fired from the present however as a substitute, he had his wrist slapped by Licht on a morning name and issued an apology on Twitter.
He is claimed to have agreed to ‘formal coaching’ and is now on his finest habits on the present.
Licht continues to be stated to be contemplating wooing CBS stalwart Gayle King away from her well-paid function on the community.
A spokesman for CNN denied rumors that his days are numbered, saying: ‘Time will show this story improper’.
Licht’s greatest guess of placing Lemon along with Collins and Harlow on CNN This Morning has to this point backfired.
Ratings for the brand new morning present have struggled, thanks in no small half to the behind-the-scenes pressure between the hosts.
Lemon was stated to have lowered Collins to tears by screaming at her n-set after one present as a result of he felt she’d interrupted him.
Lemon then sparked fury by claiming on-air that Nikki Haley, who’s operating to change into the primary feminine president, was previous her ‘prime’.
The comment outraged ladies throughout the aisle.
At final night time’s Oscars, Michelle Yeoh took a jab on the remarks whereas accepting the award for Best Actress aged 60.
‘For all of the little girls and boys who appear like me watching tonight, that is the beacon of hope and prospects,’ she stated.
‘This is proof. Dream large. And goals do come true.
‘And women, do not let anyone let you know you might be ever previous your prime. Never quit.’
Other community insiders have beforehand advised of many employees’s reluctance to let go of the Zucker ‘period’.
