Never let it be said that Don Lemon ( formerly of CNN, and then formerly of his own extremely short-lived show on Twitter, currently of not very much) is not a hopeless romantic. Lemon seems to really believe in love—and, specifically, the American people’s willingness to love completely disgraced former NBC news guy Matt Lauer all over again.

Don Lemon is defending his friend Matt Lauer and shares how the former Today host could return to media after his firing from the NBC morning show. The former CNN anchor revealed that he has seen the public’s reaction to Lauer and believes that he could stage a comeback.