Don Lemon is being criticized for calling Megyn Kelly a ‘Clockable Trans Woman’

After the hosts explained that the term meant “not hot,” Lemon, 59, replied, “Yes, she’s chopped.” He then added, “I think she looks trans.”

“[She] looks clockable,” he continued, using a slur to describe a trans person who doesn’t pass as their chosen gender.

Many social media users called out Lemon, who is gay, for his hypocrisy in using “trans” as a way to insult a woman’s appearance, especially after he spoke out against transphobia and anti-LGBTQ legislation in a 2023 speech.

“Nearly half of those bills target our transgender and non-binary brothers and sisters,” he pointed out. “For a man who praises trans people, #DonLemon sure feels comfortable using trans as an insult,” someone said on X.

“So wait… now the left is using trans as a pejorative? I’m so confused,” wrote another. “You should call out Don for being transphobic,” said a third.