Joy Reid breaks her silence after show was canceled: ‘I’ve been through every emotion’
The weekend rumblings that Joy Reid was losing her nearly 5-year-old MSNBC show turned out to be true.
On Monday, the cable network officially announced that “The ReidOut” had been canceled, reportedly due to low ratings.
“Joy Reid is leaving the network and we thank her for her countless contributions over the years,” MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler wrote to staff, adding that the nightly program had just received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News Series.
Mere hours before, Reid’s Instagram followers already knew.
“I just want to say thank you to everyone who has reached out with kindness and encouragement, both personally and in these social media streets,” said her post announcing that evening’s show would be her last.
After the liberal pundit’s firing went viral, the 56-year-old mother of three was more vocal while addressing the matter on a call streamed on YouTube with “Win With Black Women” podcast.
“I’ve been through every emotion from, you know, anger, rage, disappointment ... guilt, that I let my team lose their jobs,” Reid said through tears. “But in the end, where I really land, and where I’ve landed on today is just gratitude. Not just because people would take the time to get on a call like this or to take care of me. But also that my show had value.”
It wasn’t so long ago that Reid was a fixture in South Florida, where she lived from from 1997 to 2011. Among her many journalism jobs, the Harvard grad worked as a writer for WSVN Channel 7, a columnist for the Miami Herald, co-host of the Radio One morning radio show, “Wake Up South Florida,” and local press secretary for the Obama campaign.
“As a Black journalist, you always face the challenge of not having a lot of people like you in the media business . . . I was very lucky,” Reid told the Miami Herald in July 2020, soon after landing the MSNBC gig. “To the Black journalists out there, speak up, make your voices heard and don’t be afraid to be the only ones because sometimes one person can pull everyone through.”
This story was originally published February 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM.
