Radio host Charlamagne tha God walked off CNN’s special election night coverage, apparently because he needed to get to bed before his early start on Wednesday.

The network had used the radio host to plug its exclusive livecast, part of CNN’s Election Night 2025 coverage, but the subscriber-only broadcast was upended when Charlamagne decided he needed to get some sleep.

Harry Enten, simulcast moderator and the network’s data guru, said the Breakfast Club host had to call it quits “because he has to get up early to host his radio show,” according to The Wrap’s media reporter Corbin Bolies. The Status newsletter also reported on the walk-out.

Charlamagne’s breakfast show is broadcast live on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Eastern Time.

CNN’s two-hour special, scheduled from 8:30 p.m.

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