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Sky News AU
a day ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Joy Reid brutally slammed for ‘insane' claim about Trump supporters
Sky News host James Morrow has blasted former MSNBC host Joy Reid for her 'insane' claims about Trump supporters. 'We've got people like Joy Reid who've made a whole career out of this Trump Derangement Syndrome,' Mr Morrow said. 'This is patently insane and there's no other word for it.'
Fox News
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Piers Morgan accuses Joy Reid of playing 'race card' in heated exchange
Joy Reid and Piers Morgan had a heated exchange on "Piers Morgan Uncensored" Thursday when the host disputed her claim that she was fired from MSNBC for being a Black woman. "Joy, I mean, let's be honest. I don't think you were fired after all those years because of your skin color, or because you're a Black woman. I think you were fired because your show just got increasingly unpopular," Morgan said. Reid's MSNBC show "The ReidOut" was canceled in February as part of a larger shakeup at the network. Her show had struggled to attract ratings, averaging only 973,000 total viewers in February 2025 compared to 1.3 million during the same month in 2024, marking a 28% decline. Reid has maintained her show suffered smaller declines than other MSNBC shows and she didn't understand the reason for the cancellation. When Morgan asked why she was playing "the race card" instead of acknowledging that rating struggles were behind her cancellation, an incensed Reid shot back at Morgan that he was "fixated on trying to racialize conversations." "I love the fact that your 'play the race card' is your version of the race card. You literally are so fixated on trying to racialize conversations with me, Piers, I actually find it quite charming –" Reid said before she was cut off. "You racialize more conversations in your tenure at MSNBC than any host in history," a peeved Morgan interrupted while Reid continued to speak. Reid's show was known for her controversial and often racially charged views, especially directing scorn towards Black Republicans and conservatives. She called Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas "Uncle Clarence" due to his conservative views. Reid claimed in 2021 that Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., was only present at a GOP press conference to provide a "patina of diversity." The former MSNBC host also called Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fl., the "Black guy the Republicans love to roll out" in 2021. Reid previously told podcaster Marc Lamont Hill that being a "Black woman" made White viewers "angrier" when they objected to some of the controversial views she shared on her program. "You take an entire conversation I had with Marc Lamont Hill and pick the bits that you can racialize because this is your schtick," Reid told Morgan. "You racialize everything Joy, come on… It's not my schtick, it was your schtick, but people got bored with it," Morgan shot back. The former "ReidOut" host went on to say that Morgan, a "White European," had a double standard for when "people of color" discussed race. Morgan and Reid's interview was contentious throughout. At another point, Morgan confronted Reid at length over her blog controversy, where homophobic posts from a Florida-based blog she had resurfaced in 2018.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Piers Morgan tells Joy Reid her show cancelled not because of race, but because 'people got bored with it'
Talk show host Piers Morgan derided the idea that Joy Reid's show was canceled due to her racial background, arguing instead that people simply got tired of her "schtick."
Fox News
2 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Joy Reid confronted by Piers Morgan over blog scandal in explosive interview
Former MSNBC host Joy Reid was blindsided by Piers Morgan's questions about whether she wrote the series of homophobic posts that were unearthed from her old blog in 2018, in a contentious interview published Thursday. "Now you're not at MSNBC," Morgan asked. "Now you're on your own doing your own thing, and you don't have to worry about repercussions and stuff. Are you prepared to finally come clean and just admit that was your blog and you did say those things?" "You know, Piers, I might have known that you would use this opportunity and interview and that this was your purpose, right?" Reid began. "This is your purpose and that's fine. This is your show, and you can do whatever you like. You know, I could sit here and go on and on and fight with you about your strange, weird obsession with Megan Markle, but I won't do that because that would be rude." "Happy to, if you want to!" Morgan interjected. "We can do that as well," Reid remarked. Reid insisted that someone she didn't know had access to her site for years but that she was "willing to take responsibility for anything that was on that site." "Did you say those things?" Morgan interrupted. "Not to my—" Reid began. "Come on ,Joy, you said them. You know you did," Morgan said as the two began talking over each other. "The reason that you are trying to go here is that you are trying to defend the idea that Moms for Liberty and these other organizations can take books that are not pornography—" Reid said. "No, no, I'm just trying to see whether you like to hold people to account," Morgan said. "And I held myself to account—" Reid argued. "I'm just trying to ask you questions about you being held to account," Morgan finished. Reid continued to apologize for everything on the blog, without clarifying if she wrote the comments, and returned to criticizing the Moms for Liberty political group for targeting controversial LGBTQ-themed books in schools. Morgan disagreed with Reid's comments on Moms for Liberty and returned again to the topic of Reid's controversial blog posts. He pointed out that despite her support for the LGBTQ community, her blog posts had a very different message. "I'm talking about you posting on your blog that you wouldn't watch 'Brokeback Mountain' because you don't want to see two male characters having sex," Morgan said. "'Does that make me homophobic? Probably. Most straight people cringe at the sight of two men kissing.' Your words, not mine, Joy." "And your point is?" Reid said. "That maybe that makes you a bit of a hypocrite when you're taking the position of being an ally for the LGBTQ community," Morgan said. "And actually the best way to handle it, I would argue, is just to say, 'You know what? Actually, I did write that at the time. They're not my views now. I've learned. I've evolved. I've moved on.' Trying to pretend even now that you didn't write it is preposterous. And I think you know that." Reid reiterated that she takes full responsibility for everything on the site and felt "deeply apologetic" for the things that hurt people. She added that her views are clearly different from what was written in the past blog posts. After claiming in 2018, when her blog's old posts resurfaced, that the site had been hacked, Reid eventually admitted that could not be substantiated, and said, "The person I am now is not the person I was then." Reid apologized but, while taking responsibility for the content, she repeatedly suggested she was not the actual author of some of the offending posts. At the time, Reid was not formally reprimanded by MSNBC. The progressive network rallied behind her, saying the posts are "not reflective of the colleague and friend we have known at MSNBC for the past seven years. Joy has apologized publicly and privately and said she has grown and evolved in the many years since, and we know this to be true." Reid was fired by MSNBC earlier this year.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Joy Reid spars with Piers Morgan over 'race card'
Joy Reid got into it with Piers Morgan after being asked about her firing from MSNBC and why she has repeatedly played 'the race card.' Morgan, on his YouTube show Thursday, had asked whether she really believed race played a part. 'Now Joy. Look, let's be honest. I don't think you were fired after all those years because of your skin color. Or because you're a black woman,' the British journalist told his guest. 'I think you were fired because your show got increasingly unpopular - it happens all the time in TV. That's why you got let go. Why play the race card?' Reid - who had just sat through a series of clips showing her on CUNY professor Mark Lamont Hill's podcast last week where she said 'white fragility shaped [MSNBC execs'] decisions' - responded by accusing Morgan of playing the race card. A back-and-forth ensued, after which Reid took to her own YouTube to warn about the then yet-to-be released interview's contents, framing it as a 'race-baiting ambush'. In one the clips played, Reid had insisted that her ratings started to slump after she said on-air that Americans were more moved by the plight of Ukrainians than that of the Palestinians because they 'were white.' After being confronted with the clips and Morgan's question, Reid appeared to deflect. 'First of all, I love the fact that your "play the race card" is your version of the race card. You literally are so fixated on trying to racialize conversations with me, Piers,' she said 'You play the race card!' Morgan yelled in more response, seemingly in disbelief. 'In more conversations in your ten years at MSNBC - come on!' Both began to shout over each other as they tried to get their points across. 'All right. The bottom line is you take an entire conversation that I had with Mark Lamont Hill and picked the bits you can racialize,' Reid maintained. 'This is your shtick. And I get that this is your shtick.' 'Oh you racialize everything, Joy!' a now smiling Morgan shot back. 'I get it. I understand this is your shtick, Piers, and listen - game recognizes game,' said Reid. Morgan, laughing at this point, hurled the same accusation back.
