Joy Reid lashed out at Piers Morgan during a fiery interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored Thursday night, after the host rejected her claim that MSNBC canceled her show because she’s a Black woman.
Reid’s show, The ReidOut, was officially canceled in February 2025 amid a sweeping shake-up at the far-left network. According to Nielsen data, Reid’s ratings had collapsed—averaging just 973,000 total viewers that month, down nearly 30% from the year before.
NEW: Joy Reid has a meltdown after Piers Morgan plays the video of her crying after getting fired from MSNBC.
Absolutely brutal.
Morgan: “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.”
Reid:… pic.twitter.com/DCcj6IxKkc
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 17, 2025
Morgan Confronts the Race Card
Morgan confronted Reid directly.
“Let’s be honest. I don’t think you were fired because of your skin color or because you’re a Black woman. I think you were fired because your show just got increasingly unpopular,” he said.
Reid didn’t take kindly to the reality check and accused Morgan of being “fixated on racializing” the conversation.
“You racialize more conversations in your tenure at MSNBC than any host in history,” Morgan shot back.
Reid’s Track Record: Race-Baiting and Attacks on Black Conservatives
Reid, who built her brand on inflammatory rhetoric, routinely targeted Black Republicans.
She called Justice Clarence Thomas “Uncle Clarence.”
She mocked Sen. Tim Scott, saying he was used as “a patina of diversity.”
She dismissed Rep. Byron Donalds as “the Black guy Republicans love to roll out.”
Reid once claimed white audiences get angrier when controversial views come from a “Black woman.”
But when Morgan pointed that out, she accused him of racializing her comments.
“You take an entire conversation I had with Marc Lamont Hill and pick the bits that you can racialize,” she snapped.
Morgan wasn’t buying it.
“It’s not my schtick, it was your schtick — but people got bored with it,” he said.
MSNBC Ratings Collapse
Despite Reid’s insistence that her show was still performing well, the numbers tell a different story. While MSNBC’s viewership overall declined, The ReidOut took a bigger hit.
Reid also faced past controversies, including her resurfaced blog where she allegedly posted homophobic remarks—a scandal she once claimed was the result of hacking.
