Newsman Don Lemon, 58, has married his realtor partner Tim Malone, 40, in a ceremony in New York City. The two men tied the knot on Saturday. It was also Malone’s 40th birthday. Afterward, they both posted a photo to their respective social media saying “Just married!”. They were holding their beloved dogs. The pooches wore matching harnesses and tuxedos.
The couple wed at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, officiated.
Afterward, they and their guests walked the short distance to Ralph Lauren’s Polo Bar for a reception. A traditional Dixieland jazz band accompanied Lemon and Malone on the walk. The men and their guests waved white hankies while the band played.
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Besides family members, guests at the wedding included several celebrities. These included: broadcaster Matt Lauer; former CNN boss Jeff Zucker; actor Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria; music label boss Clive Davis; Sex and the City and Emily in Paris creator Darren Star; Tamron Hall; and The View‘s Joy Behar, Ana Navarro and Sunny Hostin.
According to People, the wedding ceremony included a unity candle lighting with both men’s moms and a traditional Irish blessing in honor of Malone’s family heritage.
Instead of presents, the couple asked guests to donate to the South Hampton Animal Shelter.
At the start of the day, on his Instagram, Lemon shared a voice message he received from Vice President Kamala Harris extending congratulations to him and Malone. She advised them to always find humor in themselves and each other.
Proposal
The day before, Malone shared a snap to remind people about his proposal exactly five years earlier. Malone attached special tags to their dogs, Boomer and Barkley that read, “Daddy will you marry papa.”
The two men met eight years ago at Almond Restaurant in Bridgehampton, New York.
Lemon came out as gay in his 2011 memoir Transparent. After news broke of their engagement in 2019, Lemon told his CNN viewers: “I grew up thinking that I would never be able to be public with my relationships, let alone ever get legally married.
“So for me this is doubly thrilling and just a wee bit terrifying. Guess I have to start thinking about children. Talk about a late bloomer.”
Lemon’s difficult 12 months
CNN sensationally let Lemon go in April 2023. It followed allegations from several women saying they found Lemon difficult to work with and sometimes sexist in his views. Shortly before, he had been widely criticized for saying Nikki Hayley was “past her prime”.
In February, it was announced CNN had reached a financial settlement with Lemon over his dismissal to the tune of $24.5 million.
Earlier this year, X (formerly Twitter) announced it had signed Lemon up for an exclusive content deal, similar to the one it has to air interviews by Tucker Carlson. However, that deal fell apart after Lemon interviewed X boss Elon Musk for the first episode and probed him on some of the criticism leveled at him. An unhappy Musk rescinded Lemon’s contract within hours. Lemon’s new online show now airs on YouTube.
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Shaver and other commenters: I have a sincere question. Why would you find the inclusion of the dogs in the proposal and wedding to be “embarrassing,” “vomit-inducing,” etc? I can understand anyone NOT including their dogs, but I DON’T understand why someone observing from far away would have such a negative reaction that they would feel the desire to attack the newly-married couple on a public forum. I’m not being snarky, I genuinely want to know why you feel so strongly.
Shaver – Of course you’re free to comment, and everyone can have their own interpretations of words, but your comment and the “vomit-inducing” comment certainly come across to me as attacks. To me there is too much “attacking” and too much negativity in the world (including, quite frankly, from some of the guys with whom I politically agree), and in this case I was trying to understand why something that comes across to me as cute and endearing would be so “embarrassing” and “vomit-inducing” that it would incite someone to make the effort to belittle it.
Dennis, Just speaking for myself, I don’t like when people treat their pets like children. Also, when they’re running the streets after the ceremony not only are they being obnoxious and rude to anyone who might be walking around, the dogs are on long leashes and one even gets tangled or lags behind at one point. It’s not the dogs, it’s how these two men are using the dogs.
Hoping Lemon (18 years older than Malone!) has a good pre-nup: all i’s dotted and t’s crossed. Seems like the bigger and flashier the gay/lesbian wedding the bigger and costlier the fall-out, not that long after the over exposed nuptials. Hello: Billy Porter and Melissa Etheridge!
Matt Lauer was a guest at their wedding? Isn’t he the guy who had a button under his desk so he could lock women in his office and sexually assault them?
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ShaverC
How embarrassing. “Daddy will you marry Papa?” Bringing the dogs to the wedding?
Max123
ditto! Something is not right…sad
Rambeaux
Yes. That was vomit-inducing.
dbmcvey
Or, maybe there are just some jealous queens out there.
DennisMpls
Shaver and other commenters: I have a sincere question. Why would you find the inclusion of the dogs in the proposal and wedding to be “embarrassing,” “vomit-inducing,” etc? I can understand anyone NOT including their dogs, but I DON’T understand why someone observing from far away would have such a negative reaction that they would feel the desire to attack the newly-married couple on a public forum. I’m not being snarky, I genuinely want to know why you feel so strongly.
ShaverC
Dennis, No one is “attacking” them. They put it out there and people are free to comment.
dbmcvey
And we know Shaver has to comment.
DennisMpls
Shaver – Of course you’re free to comment, and everyone can have their own interpretations of words, but your comment and the “vomit-inducing” comment certainly come across to me as attacks. To me there is too much “attacking” and too much negativity in the world (including, quite frankly, from some of the guys with whom I politically agree), and in this case I was trying to understand why something that comes across to me as cute and endearing would be so “embarrassing” and “vomit-inducing” that it would incite someone to make the effort to belittle it.
ShaverC
Dennis, Just speaking for myself, I don’t like when people treat their pets like children. Also, when they’re running the streets after the ceremony not only are they being obnoxious and rude to anyone who might be walking around, the dogs are on long leashes and one even gets tangled or lags behind at one point. It’s not the dogs, it’s how these two men are using the dogs.
abfab
ShaverC prefers his dogs done medium rare. And please don’t ever treat them like children. He doesn’t like that.
JRamonMc
To each their own however they choose to celebrate the day. Wishing the couple a lifetime of happiness.
Mr.Gavin Elster
Hoping Lemon (18 years older than Malone!) has a good pre-nup: all i’s dotted and t’s crossed. Seems like the bigger and flashier the gay/lesbian wedding the bigger and costlier the fall-out, not that long after the over exposed nuptials. Hello: Billy Porter and Melissa Etheridge!
ingyaom
Matt Lauer was a guest at their wedding? Isn’t he the guy who had a button under his desk so he could lock women in his office and sexually assault them?
abfab
Yes. A heterosexual. Imagine that.