CNN's Kyra Phillips Jokes About Making "Reverse Oreo" With Black Cohost Don Lemon

This afternoon, CNN "Open House" host Gerri Willis came by CNN Newsroom to discuss the economy. Willis joked with anchor Kyra Phillips that if she could predict the stock market, she and Phillips could run off to an island, prompting Phillips' co-anchor, Don Lemon, to ask not to be left out of the girls' getaway. This resulted in the following exchange:

Gerri: Alright Don, you come too.
Kyra: We could bring him along with the girls.
Gerri: Come on!
Kyra: He's paying! Thanks, Gerri.
Don: A little sandwich!
Kyra: Ooh!
Gerri: Whoa, I have to go now!
Kyra: Yeah, good time. You don't want to talk about the reverse oreo!

Willis was visibly embarrassed by Phillips' joke, though Lemon seemed to enjoy it, laughing out loud and announcing, "Oh, she said it! I'm glad she said it."

Watch:

Kyra Phillips and Gerri Willis transformed a segment on the economy into a racially tinged, awkward moment by joking about making a "reverse oreo" with black co-host Don Lemon. Watch! http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1396519189http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1178199204

From CNN, 1/30

Previously: Kyra Phillips' microphone remains on, streaming her bathroom conversation (about her brother and sister-in-law) over a Bush speech.

Comments

[bluestateenvy]

wow...shocking that the people at cnn are not very smart. As a side note I would like to say thank you to the morons at cnn for helping to shape the narrative of this election in a way that gave John Edwards no chance. He was the only viable candidate who had a message for the masses. CNN and the rest of the networks go for the good "story" and could care less about the poor or middle class. so in summation I would say who cares if some half-witted anchor makes a racially ridiculous comment.

[HDR]

Hey, at least Phillips wasn't in the head this time when the mic was on.

[intelleges]

cute..it is nice to see folks having fun..this comment is innocuous and should not be overly analyzed by the politically correct police..leave these young folks alone and do not call them nasty names.. thank you...

[langstonhughesfan]

She's such a dingbat! Didn't she leave her microphone on once while she trashed her sister-in-law? What a silly woman.

[Counterglow]

I hope CNN brass don't get all huffy and pretend it's a real news medium and discipline the girl. They might not be all that news-competent, but at least they aren't Fux.

[tmoraca]

Hey, that's actually kinda funny, not mean-spirited. I'm sure he wouldn't mind a sandwich with those two media ho's. I wouldn't mind, but I'd wrap it up a couple layers.

[txfriend]

Deuche bags all of them.