CNN's Don Lemon says women in their 50s are past their prime

Has he seen Salma Hayek or Jennifer Anniston?

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Most likely yes he has and considers even them “past their prime” despite the fact that he has never approached their standing or career success himself.

That’s how misogyny works.

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Is what a woman looks like all there is to a woman’s being in her prime?

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What you said about CNN checks out, because he’s still there after this performance:

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Honestly I don’t know what they’ve been in lately that’s any good, so it’s hard for me to gauge their relevance. More like “has he seen any of Judi Dench’s most recent performances? She killed it in James Bond.”

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Yeah but she stopped being fuckable during like, the disco era, amirite?

/s

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I know her body isn’t on display but Hayek was just in a box office hit.

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And she’s too old to have children too! Nothing she’s ever accomplished matters compared to that!!!

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Fuck all that ingrained patriarchal misogynistic BS;

Dame Helen Mirren for the win; Lemon can go kick rocks with no socks.

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(Are we still doing band names?)

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Hayek was awesome as Kitty Softpaws

Cats Kitty GIF by Puss In Boots

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Nice snark. He is no hero of mine, i only ever see your TV on sites like this. I just think he was trying to show up the other person with a “see, you’re old too”.

Or (and bear with me here) he’s a sexist pig. This isn’t the first time he’s been called out for this kind of stuff.

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gaslight GIF by The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper

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Ah. I mean, I actually understand the moment of bargaining where you find out someone you really admired is awful about something, and try to come up with a reason it isn’t true. You’re just making up an implausible interpretation for the heck of it, though? All right, cool. Definitely need more of that in the world.

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Well, misogyny isn’t a real problem, you see, so it can’t possibly be that Don Lemon is being misogynistic! /s

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I’m assuming this is where Lemon is coming from - but hard to tell since he wouldn’t clarify his meaning when asked repeatedly.

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