Don Lemon’s Unsure Why Kanye Hates Him, Says His Racial Slur Was Unwarranted

Don Lemon is firing back at Kanye West’s Grammy rant against him … telling us he doesn’t get why the rapper had to throw a racial slur into the mix.

We caught up with Don about the situation, and he clarifies he was just trying to ask Kanye a music question on the Grammys red carpet Sunday — so he has no idea where Ye’s claims that Don was behind the false reports of him getting booted from the ceremony came from.

But Don was clear one thing … saying Kanye calling him a “k***” was totally unwarranted.

Don tells us he doesn’t like that word at all — he actually believes it may even be a worse insult for Black people than the N-word, which he notes is commonly used in rap music.

Peep the clip, ’cause Don’s also got some theories on why he thinks Kanye doesn’t like him, pointing to a past interaction as an example, and explaining how he was actually trying to do Ye some good in that particular moment.