A report surfaced Sunday that Joy Reid would be departing her primetime show on MSNBC after an executive shakeup. She confirmed that in a podcast interview and shared her thoughts on the situation.
While speaking with former NAACP executive Jotaka Eaddy, Reid shared that the situation has been a difficult one for her.
“I’ve been through every emotion,” Reid admitted. “From anger, rage, disappointment, hurt. Feeling that guil that I let my team lose their jobs. But in the end, where I really land, and where I’ve landed today is just gratitude. Just pure gratitude, not just because people would take the time to get on a call like this or to take care of me. But also that my show had value.
“That what I was doing had value. And in the end — I’m sorry,” Reid said as she began to tear up. “I try not to cry on TV. this is kind of like me on TV, so I apologize, but that it kind of mattered … What I will just say is in, in the end, where I land is that the moment of guilt that I felt that I went hard on so many issues.”
Reid said that she is “not sorry” for speaking about the topics in which she did, saying she is “proud of my show, my little team” and what it accomplished during her tenure at the network.
Reid has hosted the program since 2020 after the departure of Chris Matthews from the network. She is expected to host her final program in the daypart in the coming week. MSNBC is reportedly eyeing Jen Psaki for an expanded primetime role, as well as the hosts of The Weekend — anchored by Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez — to take over the 7 PM ET timeslot vacated by Joy Reid.
The news of changes at MSNBC comes as Rebecca Kutler assumes the role of President at the network. She was tabbed to replace Rashida Jones, who departed in January after spending four years leading the cable network.
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