Ex-CNN boss Jeff Zucker was seen leaving Don Lemon’s posh Hamptons party holding hands with a married CNN host – even though his girlfriend was present at the party.
Alisyn Camerota, 57, beamed as she walked hand-in-hand with Jeff on Saturday. Zucker’s lover Allison Gollust, 50, who had already cost him his managerial job at the media company last year, was seen leaving alone.
The mother-of-three, who currently hosts CNN Tonight at 10 p.m., lives in Connecticut with her husband Tim Lewis, 57, a partner at a private equity firm.
Zucker held each other’s hands in the New York summer heat and wore a blue shirt and white shorts, while Camerota wore a white blouse and black mini skirt.
It’s unclear why two-time Emmy Award nominee Camerota became friends with Jeff Zucker. However, this isn’t the first time he’s done so with a CNN colleague.
Disgraced ex-CNN boss Jeff Zucker (left) was spotted holding hands in public with married CNN host Alisyn Camerota (right) as they left Don Lemon’s posh Hamptons party.
The two were seen holding each other’s hands as they exited the party. Camerota (right) is married to a partner in a private equity firm
Allison Gollust – who has been publicly dating Jeff Zucker since February 2022 – was spotted at the same Hamptons party. She walked alone while Jeff held Alisyn’s hand
Zucker held each other’s hands in the New York summer heat and wore a blue shirt and white shorts, while Camerota wore a white blouse and black mini skirt
Zucker, 58, previously had a long-running love affair with colleague Allison that led to the end of their respective marriages in 2015 and 2017.
They even lived on top of each other on the same Manhattan apartment block when they were still dating their former partners.
And the pair were pictured together just three weeks ago at a July 4 party in southern Italy.
The CNN boss was ousted from the company in 2022 over his undisclosed relationship with Gollust, the company’s global chief marketing officer.
Gollust, 50, and Zucker had worked together at NBC and CNN for 20 years. People at the time said they had an “uncomfortably comfortable” relationship with one another.
Gollust was also seen at Lemon’s house on Saturday – but unlike Jeff and Alisyn, she left the party alone.
Zucker, 58, previously had a long-running love affair with colleague Allison Gollust (pictured) – which led to the end of their respective marriages in 2015 and 2017. On Saturday, Gollust was also spotted at Lemon’s house – but unlike Jeff and Alisyn, she left the party alone
Allison Gollust (far right), Jeff Zucker (second right) and Don Lemon (third right) were spotted dining on the Amalfi Coast on July 4th this year – just three weeks before Lemon’s party in the Hamptons
Zucker and Camerota are seen leaving Don Lemon’s party on Saturday
Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust had an affair for years before he was forced to resign for failing to tell CNN executives. They are pictured here together at Madison Square Gardens in February 2022. It is unclear if they are still together
Don Lemon, Jeff Zucker, Alisyn Camerota and Jake Tapper are pictured together
She was wearing a white dress and carrying a tote bag when she left her home in the Hamptons around 3:16 p.m.
Camerota and Zucker left the glittering party five minutes earlier, holding each other’s hands. They returned to the party 40 minutes later before driving off in two separate cars.
Neither Zucker nor Camerota have publicly parted ways with their respective partners.
Zucker, Gollust and Camerota have been contacted for comment.
Gollust, the former global marketing executive for CNN, wore a white dress as she left her home in the Hamptons
Another fallen CNN colleague, Don Lemon, threw his girlfriend Sunny Hostin a party to celebrate her new book, Summer on Sag Harbor.
Alisyn Camerota and her husband Tim Lewis married in 2002 and have three teenage children together. They used to live in a brownstone on Manhattan’s Upper West Side but moved to Connecticut to raise their children.
In the early years of their marriage, they struggled to conceive and turned to artificial insemination.
In 2005 she gave birth to her twin daughters and in 2007 her son.
Lewis is a partner at Southfield Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut.
The CNN trio weren’t the only famous faces at Lemon. Joy Behar from The View arrived at the house and was greeted by Lemon and his pup.
Alisyn Camerota and her husband Tim Lewis married in 2002 and have three teenage children together. In the early years of their marriage, they struggled to conceive and turned to artificial insemination
The party – which Jeff and the two women spent their time at on Saturday – was held at Don Lemon’s home in Hamptons
Joy Behar arrived at Don Lemon’s home in Sag Harbor on Saturday
The mother-of-three, who currently hosts CNN Tonight at 10 p.m., lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut with her husband Tim Lewis, 57, a private equity partner
Behar wore an all-black outfit with yellow heels and black sunglasses.
The host, who left CNN in April, looked cool in a blue shirt and white trousers paired with black sandals and matching sunglasses.
Sunny Hostin, who also stars in The View with Behar, was kissed on the forehead by Lemon when she arrived at her book party.
Jeff Zucker resigned as President of CNN in February 2022 for failing to disclose his relationship with Gollust when interviewed as part of the Chris Cuomo investigation.
Gollust left her position as CNN’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer after “violating company policy” for “unethically supporting” Gov. Andrew Cuomo by agreeing to a series of questions before his on-air interviews.
Gollust and Zucker were both previously married and lived with their respective families in the same apartment building. They worked together at NBC and then CNN for more than 20 years and had what some have called an “uncomfortably cozy” relationship.
“Jeff took Allison to every job he had — after they left NBC, he tried to get her on Katie Couric’s show, which failed, then he took her to his friend Governor Cuomo’s office and took her to CNN as soon as he got that job, while failing at the top,” a source said.
They are both now divorced and a source told their split was at least partly due to their relationship.
Zucker with his ex-wife Caryn in 2011 (left) and Gollust with her ex-husband Billy Hult (right) in 2008. The two have known each other and worked together for 20 years, starting at ABC, and media sources say their affair was an “open secret.”
Don Lemon and Jeff Zucker are pictured together in 2016
Zucker quit as part of the fallout from the firing of former presenter Chris Cuomo, who exposed his ex-boss’ affair while fighting for an $18 million settlement that he believes he is owed.
Saturday’s pictures come just weeks after CNN heavyweights Jeff Zucker, Allison Gollust and Don Lemon were spotted dining on the Amalfi Coast – amid rumors they may be planning a bid for the embattled broadcaster.
In a photo shared by Lemon on social media, they were seen enjoying a sunset dinner with fellow vacationer super agent Jay Sures.
The group met on the tiny island enclave of Ponza, off the west coast of Italy.
Lemon, 57, who was banned from CNN in April, has posted photos of himself and husband Tim Malone celebrating the Fourth of July on the Amalfi Coast, including videos of the duo jumping from boats into bright blue water.
In another Instagram post from the same trip, photos of the larger group’s meal are featured for a millisecond as part of a rapid-fire reel with the caption, “Create memories with great friends.”
Alongside Lemon, who was expelled from CNN by former CEO Chris Licht as part of the channel’s redesign, Licht’s predecessor Zucker is also part of the group.