MSNBC’s Chris Matthews quits

Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” stepped down Monday night time after dealing with rising criticism over inappropriate comments he made to ladies and a few of his on-air remarks.

He opened his 7 p.m. broadcast critically: “Let me start with my headline tonight: I am retiring. That is the final "Hardball" on MSNBC, and obviously this isn't for a scarcity of curiosity in politics.”

Matthews, 74, has hosted the cable news present for greater than 20 years. But lately, he has come beneath hearth for a collection of statements, corresponding to comparing the campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders — a Jewish candidate who has misplaced extended relations in the Holocaust — to the Nazi invasion of France.

Matthews was also criticized for having a condescending tone in an interview with Sen. Elizabeth Warren over 2020 rival Mike Bloomberg’s nondisclosure agreements. And the Hardball host confused his guest Jaime Harrison, an African American candidate for U.S. Senate, with Republican Sen. Tim Scott, a fellow South Carolina pol who can also be black.

On Saturday, journalist Laura Bassett revealed a GQ article of her own encounter with Matthews, detailing inappropriate feedback he made about her look within the make-up room, earlier than he had her as a guest on the present. Since then, reviews resurfaced of Matthews having been reprimanded in 1999, for an incident that led to a legal settlement with an employee.

Matthews stated Monday night time that it was time for youthful generations — who grew up with “better standards” — to take the reins. He stated he was pleased with the work he’s achieved and he’s not quite quitting politics: There’s one other ebook on the best way.

“Compliments on a lady's look that some men, together with me, may need once incorrectly thought have been OK have been never OK. Not then and positively not at the moment. And for making such comments in the previous, I'm sorry.”

Matthews added, “For many who have gotten within the behavior of watching ‘Hardball’ each night time — I hope you are going to miss me as a result of I'll miss you.”

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