a live bombshell from TV personality
Chris Matthews let me start with my
headline tonight I'm retiring on the eve
of Super Tuesday he stunned MSNBC
viewers with the announcement that his
tenure as host of hardball was coming to
a sudden end after 23 years right then
and there for those of you have gotten
in the habit of watching a hardball
every night I hope you're gonna miss
because I'm gonna miss you it comes in
the wake of allegations from journalist
Laura Bassett who has appeared as a
guest on his show several times
sorry bass is a political reporter for
the Huffington Post in an article for GQ
magazine Bassett claims that in 2016
Matthews looked over at me in the makeup
chair next to him and said why haven't I
fallen in love with you yet another time
she writes he stood between me and the
mirror and complimented the red dress I
was wearing for the segment you going
out tonight he asked in announcing his
retirement the 74 year old host
apologized a lot of it has to do with
how we talk to each other compliments on
a woman's appearance that some men
including me might have once incorrectly
thought were okay we're never okay not
then and certainly not today and for
making such comments in the past I'm
sorry today Laura Bassett responded all
I gotta say is it's about time this week
has been really rough it's all worth it
if he will never have the platform to
demean and objectify us again Megan
McCain came to Matthews defense today
and I think to reduce his entire career
to this segment yesterday made me really
sad because I thought he deserved a
better send-off than that but
remembering Humphrey Bogart in
Casablanca will always have hardball so
let's not say goodbye but till we meet
again following a commercial Mathews was
gone
replaced for the night by political
reporter Steve Kornacki that was a lot
to take in just now I'm sure and I'm
sure you're still absorbing that and and
I am too
you
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