Anonymous Coward User ID: 73022365 United States 08/22/2017 05:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Don Lemons' great Grandfather is fucking French Makes sense. He's from Louisiana his memoir, Transparent, Lemon came out as gay[6] and discusses colorism in the black community, and the sexual abuse he suffered as a child.[7] He has Creole ancestry (his great-grandfather was of French descent) in addition to Nigerian, Cameroonian, and Congolese ancestry.[8][9] In 2015, over 30,000 people signed a petition demanding that Lemon be fired from CNN following a controversial remark he made regarding police behavior.[10] |