“This Will Be My Last Week” – CNN Anchor Announces Her Departure From Network Live During Morning Show

“I have decided that this will be my last week at CNN. More to come on what’s next for me, but I’m really excited about this next chapter,” Rahel Solomon said.

Solomon made the announcement during the 5 a.m. broadcast.

Watch below:

A message from Rahel Solomon: pic.twitter.com/6HMOSZTdsZ

— CNN Early Start with Rahel Solomon (@EarlyStart) March 23, 2026

More from the New York Post:

The 37-year-old anchor said Friday will be her last day but she didn’t offer more details on her next move.

“We are grateful to Rahel for all her contributions to CNN over the past four years and are supportive of her decision,” a CNN spokesperson said. “We wish her all the best in her next chapter.”

Solomon announced on Instagram in December that she had become a mother and that she was returning to CNN after a six-month maternity leave that kicked off last June.

Solomon joined CNN in 2022, working as a business correspondent for CNN International before eventually moving to the anchor gig.

Prior to CNN, she worked at CNBC as a general news reporter, appearing on programs including “Halftime Report” and “Power Lunch.” Before that she worked as a morning news anchor for KYW in her hometown of Philadelphia.

According to Daily Mail, Solomon’s co-workers supported her decision to leave the network.

A CNN anchor abruptly announced she is leaving her job at the end of the week on Monday 🫢 https://t.co/YzvAGYoRqr 🔗 pic.twitter.com/f4B88AAswi

— Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) March 23, 2026

Daily Mail explained further:

The network’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, is currently being sold to rival company Paramount for more than $100billion.

Journalists are bucking at the prospect of coming under the purview of Paramount’s Trump-friendly CEO, David Ellison, sources told Status when the deal was inked in February.

Ellison went on to insist this month that CNN’s ‘editorial independence’ will be ‘maintained’ if and when the merger is federally approved, while speaking to Warner execs on the studio’s lot in Burbank.

Several observers have speculated that the move would mean an also-merged CNN and CBS News.

CNN, meanwhile, is suffering record low viewership during the day and primetime, according to Nielsen.

Hosts such as Solomon – and even fixtures like Wolf Blitzer and Abby Phillip – have failed to move the needle.