"Former CNN News Anchor Brooke Baldwin Divorces Husband James Fletcher After Two Years of Marriage"

Ex-CNN Anchor Brooke Baldwin Files For Divorce From Husband James Fletcher, Two Years After Leaving Network

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Baldwin's marriage coincided with her exit from CNN and a battle with COVID-19.

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Baldwin claimed that the most influential and highest-paid anchors at CNN were men and her bosses and executives were also men.

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Jake Tapper was chosen as Baldwin's replacement months before her announcement to leave CNN.

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Baldwin tested positive for COVID-19 in April 2020 and took weeks to recover.

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