President Donald Trump celebrated MSNBC’s decision to cancel host Joy Reid‘s low-rated program “The ReidOut” on Sunday.
The move was part of a programming shakeup at MSNBC that saw Reid’s show replaced by anchors: Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez.
The anchors currently co-host “The Weekend,” which airs Saturday and Sunday mornings. They now move to 7 p.m. week nights.
Trump celebrated the news of Reid’s cancellation in a lengthy post on his Truth Social app on Sunday.
In his post, Trump called Reid “mentally obnoxious, racist” and “one of the least talented people in television.” He also referred to Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts as a “lowlife”, and he called the Rev. Al Sharpton a “low IQ con man.”
Reid’s cancellation sent shockwaves through the television industry. She was well-liked by others who had similar disdain for President Trump.
Tamron Hall, Yonette Joseph, Musa Jackson and more slammed MSBNC’s president Rebecca Kutler’s decision to cancel Reid.
Hall, whose show was cancelled in 2017 by MSNBC, showed support to Reid.
“Where there is JOY there is friendship and love,” Hall wrote on Threads. “@joyannreid is the core of a sisterhood where we see each other and rise together. Next Chapter. Love you Joy Reid @thereidout.”
Joy Reid caught on a hot mic accusing Biden of “starting another f–king war.” pic.twitter.com/yyB9mtJhNF
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) January 30, 2024
Digital Magazine editor-in-chief Musa Jackson called for a boycott of MSNBC.
“Every time MSNBC has a ‘shakeup’ the Black woman solo led show is ALWAYS the first to go,” Jackson wrote on Threads. “Tamron Hall, Tiffany Cross, Zerlina Maxwell and now Joy Reid. Boycott MSNBC.”
“Damn. Joy Reid’s evening news show on MSNBC is being canceled, part of a far-reaching programming overhaul orchestrated by Rebecca Kutler, the network’s new president,” New York Times editor Yonette Joseph typed on Threads.
“I owe the television part of my career to Joy Reid, as do so many other Black voices y’all never would have heard of if not for her,” wrote Elie Mystal on X (Twitter). “And that’s why she’s gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but everybody Black knows that Joy was indispensable.”
