Don Lemon is denying ex-CNN colleague Chris Cuomo’s claims that a yearslong “bromance” that the pair portrayed during the handoff between their two primetime slots was fake.

Lemon — who was fired from the network in 2023 after a series of on-air gaffes and complaints about his off-air conduct with his peers — denied Cuomo’s recent dish that their then-boss Jeff Zucker had asked Cuomo to keep him in check by playing up a friendship for viewers.

Lemon generated headlines on Monday after a “man-on-the-street” podcast segment went off the rails when a passerby in Manhattan told him that he was “full of s–t” and a “f–king moron.” 5

During their heyday at CNN, Cuomo and Lemon were known for their on-air banter as the former, whose one-hour talk show ended at around 9 p.m. ET, “handed o

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