Don Lemon went on antidepressants after he was dumped from CNN

He told actress Tamron Hall, 53, in an interview on her show: "I have suffered from depression. I take an antidepressant now.

"It helped me get through the summer after... being fired. I do talk therapy now, but my doctor has also done guided therapy with me on drugs."

Don last week announced Tesla billionaire Elon, 52, abruptly ditched his new show on X after he interviewed the tech mogul as his first guest, with the entrepreneur reportedly upset about how it went.

He announced on X: "(Elon) informed me of his decision hours after an interview I conducted with him."

Don also told Tamron about a report he was dumped from X after he issued a list of demands to Elon, saying it was "an obvious distraction" and "not true".

A document obtained by The New York Post showed Don asked for an $8 million salary, a Cybertruck and equity and veto power over the sites' news policies, among other requests - but his agent and a spokesperson strongly denied the demands were true.

Tamron described it all as part of a business move during her chat with Don, and joked she would've asked for "a fleet of Teslas" if she had been negotiating with the billionaire.

She added: "Closed mouths don't get fed."

Don replied: "But here's the thing, you're right. When people negotiate all the time - and maybe they're not used to talent negotiations.

"I'm not saying that any of that's true. But people ask for a lot of things. That doesn't mean you're going to get it. If you don't ask, you're not going to get it."