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The wife of NFL running back Raheem Mostert called the Grammy Awards and Hollywood to applaud Don Lemon following his arrest over an incident at a Minnesota church last month.
Devon Mostert shared a video of Alex Warren’s performance at the ceremony on Sunday night, writing on his Instagram Stories that it was a shame the singer/songwriter had to perform in front of the same audience.
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Raheem Mostert and Devon Mostert attend the Women of the NFL and Nordstrom Host Super Bowl Happy Hour in Las Vegas on February 10, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Arnold Turner/Getty Images for Nordstrom)
“Unfortunately, he had to perform in front of an audience that also gave Don Lemon a standing ovation for barging into a Christian church to ‘protest ICE’ — to impede the right to religious freedom and disrupt the exercise of religious freedom in a place of worship,” she wrote in a post.
“The hypocrisy of the Grammys and Hollywood is insane.”
The former CNN host was charged with conspiracy to deprive rights and violation of the FACE Act for his involvement in the anti-ICE protest that disrupted services at a Minnesota church. Lemon was in Los Angeles covering the Grammy Awards at the time of his arrest.
Lemon was praised at Clive Davis’ pre-Grammys party Saturday night, receiving a round of applause and a standing ovation, according to Page Six. On Sunday, he hit the red carpet with his husband Tim Malone and singer Brandi Carlile.
Don Lemon speaks to the media after a hearing at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles on January 30, 2026. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
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He was released from jail without bail on Friday. He said he was acting as a journalist, while prosecutors alleged he coordinated with activists who disrupted services at Cities Church,
“There is a scripture that says, ‘The truth shall set you free,'” Lemon wrote, quoting John 8:32. “But it doesn’t say it will protect you from cages. It doesn’t say it will spare you the consequences of seeing too clearly. It doesn’t say it will make the powerful comfortable.”
Lemon said he learned that lesson “not from theology, but from experience,” writing that “the government decided that my work as a journalist was not protected speech, but punishable.”
Lemon compared his arrest to historic efforts to silence journalists and civil rights activists, writing that freedom of the press exists only as long as it does not challenge those in power.
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He wrote that America “loves the idea of a free press,” but only as long as journalism doesn’t “disrupt comfort” or “reveal what power would rather hide,” and said the First Amendment exists to protect accountability, not convenience.
