Media / Don Lemon Don Lemon Engaged Boyfriend Tim Malone popped the question on Friday By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff Posted Apr 7, 2019 6:41 AM CDT Copied Don Lemon, left, and Tim Malone, right, attend the 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards at the New York Hilton Midtown on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP) Don Lemon is about to get himself married, reports People, after his boyfriend Tim Malone used the occasion of his own birthday on Friday to propose. The CNN anchor made the announcement on his Instagram feed on Saturday, posting a photo of a matching dog tags that read, "Daddy, will you marry Papa?" with the caption, "He gave me a present on his birthday. How could I say no?" The 53-year-old anchor and the real estate agent have been dating since summer 2016. (More Don Lemon stories.) Report an error