Piers Morgan and former MSNBC host Joy Reid engaged in a fiery exchange on Morgan's YouTube show, with the British broadcaster accusing Reid of playing 'the race card' over her firing. Reid's programme, The Reid Out, saw its viewership drop from three million to 1.1 million before she was axed.
Morgan questioned whether race truly played a role in her dismissal, stating: 'I don't think you were fired because of your skin colour. I think you were fired because your show got increasingly unpopular – it happens all the time in TV.' Reid countered by accusing Morgan of 'racialising' the conversation.
The debate escalated after Reid claimed in a podcast that 'white fragility shaped MSNBC execs' decisions' and that her ratings fell after she said Americans were more moved by Ukrainians than Palestinians because they 'were white'. Morgan dismissed these claims, leading to a heated back-and-forth.
Reid later branded the interview a 'race-baiting ambush' on her own YouTube channel, which has 220,000 subscribers compared to Morgan's four million. Both hosts took to social media to preview the 54-minute encounter, with Reid asking fans why she agreed to the sitdown.
