Leftist commentator and “star” of MSNBC, Chris Matthews, shocked many of his colleagues and his viewers by announcing his resignation earlier this week.
“Let me start with my headline tonight: I’m retiring. This is the last ‘Hardball’ on MSNBC,” Matthews announced at the top of his show, on Monday night. “And obviously, this isn’t for the lack of interest in politics. As you can tell, I loved every minute of my 20 years as a host of ‘Hardball.’ Every morning I read the papers and I’m gung-ho to get to work. Not many people have had this privilege. I loved working with my producers and our discussions we’d have on how we report the news. And I love having this connection with you, the people who watch.”
Matthews continued, “After conversations with NBC, I decided tonight will be my last ‘Hardball.’ So let me tell you why. The younger generations out there are ready to take the reins. We see them in politics, in the media, and fighting for their causes.”
Matthews spoke with NBC management and the decision was made to accelerate his looming retirement after a series of recent controversies, according to a person familiar with the meeting.
During his remarks, the longtime MSNBC host then referenced renewed claims of sexual harassment against him by a journalist who previously appeared on his show.
“Compliments on a woman’s appearance that some men, including me, might have once incorrectly thought were okay were not okay, not then and certainly not today. And for making such comments in the past, I’m sorry,” said Matthews, who went on to say that he was “very proud” of the work he had done on his show and that he will “continue” to write and talk about politics.
“And for those of you who have gotten into the habit of watching ‘Hardball’ every night, I hope you’re going to miss me because I’m going to miss you,” Matthews concluded. “But remember Humphrey Bogart in ‘Casablanca’: We’ll always have Hardball. So let’s not say goodbye, but until we meet again.”
MSNBC national political correspondent Steve Kornacki took over for the rest of the hour after an extended commercial break.
The unexpected announcement comes as incoming NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is expected to put his own stamp on the news division later this year.
The “compliment” Matthews referred to, regarded journalist Laura Bassett. In an op-ed for GQ, Bassett claimed Matthews used sexist language when she visited the MSNBC studio to appear on his show as a guest. She recalled Matthews looking at her in an adjacent makeup chair before an appearance in 2016 and asking, ‘Why haven’t I fallen in love with you yet?'”
Bassett said she laughed nervously but Matthews kept making comments to the makeup artist. “Keep putting makeup on her, I’ll fall in love with her,” Matthews allegedly said.
She said he made another comment about her makeup during a separate appearance. “Make sure you wipe this off her face after the show,” she wrote he said to the makeup artist. “We don’t make her up so some guy at a bar can look at her like this.”
Bassett said she decided to write the op-ed because of a “sexist” interview Matthews did with Sen. Elizabeth Warren after last week’s South Carolina Democratic debate in which he pressed Warren about her accusation that former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg once told a woman at his company to “kill” her unborn baby. Bloomberg has denied that accusation.
Bassett said she wrote a similar op-ed in 2017 without naming Matthews because she was afraid to publicly accuse him at the time. She said she decided to come forward and name the MSNBC host because of the way he treated Warren, while a feminist group also called for Matthews’ firing over the interview in which he asked Warren why Bloomberg would lie.
Last month, the host was heavily criticized for comparing Sen. Bernie Sanders’ victory in the Nevada caucuses to the Nazi conquest of France in 1940. He later apologized for those remarks.
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You are an idiot.
The sick perverted bastard probably really did feel something running down his leg when he shit himself when he found out that people knew the truth about him and that he was a sick bastard
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Well chris mathews loved making up fake stories about conservatives. He went insane when Obama got elected. Remember his comment about having a thrill up his leg over Obama winning? What a sick bastard!
Now they need to get rid of Rachael madcow.
Yup I remember thrill up his leg chris mathews. He is a sick sick human.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like Chris Mathews , he is a lying journalist. But I think women are using sexual harassment as a tool to bring more personal focus on them. I don’t think his statement was sexual harassment just stupid. Women now days needs to lighten up.
always a loud mouth using words as his weapon. live by the sword, die by the sword or loose lips, sink ships. i wouldn’t call what he said sexist so much as stupid comments better left unsaid.
Wah wah the little homely cry baby needs pull her head out of her A H and grow up. Its her fault for not saying anything when he made his first comment. Has anyone seen her without makeup? A baboons rear looks better than she does. She looks like a trailer trash hoe when she’s got her 6” of makeup on.
Well Lady, I will still hug you if you need it . SWIFTY 63
Chris Matthews didn’t deserve to go out that way. Karma is gonna catch up with these over-zealous people who have no sense of humor, or decency, and demand people lose their careers over the slightest impropriety.
Chris Matthews went too far and took the drug he was trafficking. Therefore under his purposeful delusions caused him to do this: Bassett claimed Matthews used sexist language when she visited the MSNBC studio to appear on his show as a guest. She recalled Matthews looking at her in an adjacent makeup chair before an appearance in 2016 and asking, ‘Why haven’t I fallen in love with you yet?’”
Bassett said she laughed nervously but Matthews kept making comments to the makeup artist. “Keep putting makeup on her, I’ll fall in love with her,” Matthews allegedly said. Also Last month, the host was heavily criticized for comparing Sen. Bernie Sanders’ victory in the Nevada caucuses to the Nazi conquest of France in 1940. He later apologized for those remarks. For these reasons this drug trafficker newscaster is now out of a job. There are still many more delusion MSNBC (MS Drug News Cartels) going on about delusion fake news.
I am so depressed over the loss of Hardball and Matthews. His hard hitting direct style made him one of my favorites. Those silly nothing burger comments should never have forced him to resign!! I am a woman. Come on!! What have we come to here? If he had said that to me I would have been flattered!!! A huge loss to MSNBC and to his devoted viewers and fans. I implore you to bring him back!!!! Chris I miss you so much. You always told it like it is. Looking forward to your book