Don Lemon wanted free ride on Elon Musk’s rocket to host ‘first podcast in space’ as part of wild list of demands: sources
NY Post
He’s a real space cadet!
Don Lemon — who submitted a wish list that included demands for a free Cybertruck in contract talks with X before he was unceremoniously dumped last week — also wanted SpaceX boss Elon Musk to launch him into orbit for the first-ever extraterrestrial podcast, The Post has learned.
“First podcast in space to be hosted by Don (via SpaceX),” the bulleted line item reads.
The literally out-of-this-world ask was on a document Lemon’s agents at United Talent Agency sent to Musk’s social media site that also included demands for a $5 million advance on top of an $8 million base salary, equity in the company, and veto power over the site’s news content policies and its roster of creators, as The Post reported exclusively last week.
The document, which was reviewed by The Post, was sent last December — a month before Musk and Lemon announced their partnership for the fired CNN anchor to host a show on X.
Lemon’s representatives did not return calls for comment.
