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Transcripts for CNN Don Lemon Tonight 20220223 04:45:00

so lee, let s talk about growing up. okay? it wasn t easy. and that s why i think i relate to you, because it wasn t easy growing up, keeping that secret. you know what i m talking about. yeah. the secret. the secret. the secret. i think we came up in a time where it was hard being black. it was just hard being black. hard enough being black. yeah. that s what my dad said. but then on top of that being gay. my dad said that to me. you know, it s hard enough to be a black man. why do you want to add gay on top of that? you will not survive. and i believed him. but your dad threw you in a trash can. yeah. yep. that wasn t hard? but i love my dad. this is the first mentor that i could reach out and touch, that i could really say anything to and he would understand it. we talk to each other like best friends. and sometimes those conversations need to be had. what i didn t tell you when ....

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Transcripts for CNN Don Lemon Tonight 20220223 08:45:00

He is the closest version of a mirror besides me actually looking in a mirror at myself. weird, right? so lee, let s talk about growing up. okay? it wasn t easy. and that s why i think i relate to you, because it wasn t easy growing up, keeping that secret. you know what i m talking about. yeah. the secret. the secret. the secret. i think we came up in a time where it was hard being black. it was just hard being black. hard enough being black. yeah. that s what my dad said. but then on top of that being gay. my dad said that to me. you know, it s hard enough to be a black man. why do you want to add gay on top of that? you will not survive. and i believed him. but your dad threw you in a trash can. yeah. yep. that wasn t hard? but i love my dad. this is the first mentor that i could reach out and touch, that i could really say anything ....

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