Liberal CNN host Don Lemon has been fired...and people are speculating that THIS might be WHY!

Embattled and controversial CNN host Don Lemon announced on Monday afternoon that he'd been fired by CNN after weeks of negative stories swirling around him for his on-air statements and off-camera behavior.

"I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN," Lemon wrote, adding "I am stunned."

"After 17 years at CNN I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly," Lemon added. "At no time was I ever given any indication that I would not be able to continue to do the work I have loved at the network," he claimed despite being warned repeatedly for his controversial statements that saw him forced into taking "sensitivity training."