Don Lemon was conspicuously absent from “CNN This Morning” on Friday just 24 hours after he put his foot in his mouth with a sexist comment about 51-year-old Nikki Haley being “not in her prime” — prompting his co-host, Poppy Harlow, to walk off the set. Friday morning’s awkward broadcast started with a short clip featuring Harlow, who is on location in Salt Lake City where she is covering NBA All-Star weekend festivities, interviewing TNT’s star basketball commentators Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kenny Smith. The camera then panned to co-host Kaitlan Collins, who was seated next to Audie Cornish, the former National Public Radio journalist who was sitting in for the 56-year-old Lemon. “Don has the day off,” Collins said at the top of the broadcast, failing to elaborate on Lemon’s absence — much less mentioning Thursday’s disastrous blowup — as she introduced Cornish. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/17/don-lemon-absent-from-cnn-this-morning-after-sexist-blowup/ #donlemon #cnn #poppyharlow #nikkihaley #media The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost