Former MSNBC host Joy Reid broke down in tears Monday after learning her primetime show, The ReidOut, was canceled.
Reid, known for her left-wing views, was told her 7 p.m. slot would be replaced with rotating anchors. She got emotional, insisting her show had “value” on MSNBC.
“I’m sorry,” Reid sobbed on air. “That what I was doing had value. And in the end, I’m sorry, I try not to cry on TV… so I apologize.”
She defended her coverage of Black Lives Matter, attacks on Asian Americans, and immigrant rights. “Or whether we talked about what [Trump] is doing that is subversive to the Constitution,” she added.
Reid made it clear she had no regrets about her controversial statements. She stood by The 1619 Project and her support for Gaza.
“We as the American people have a right to object to little babies being bombed,” she said. “I am not sorry that I stood up for those things.”
Reid often criticized conservatives and white voters on air. She blamed white women for backing Trump over Kamala Harris.
In August, she mocked Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly as “super white,” comparing him to a “mayonnaise sandwich on Wonder bread.”
She also accused Elon Musk of wanting to bring back apartheid because he supported free speech. In reality, Musk opposed apartheid and attended anti-apartheid protests as a child.
Before the 2022 midterms, Reid claimed Americans had never heard of “inflation” until Republicans used it politically.