Joy Reid didn’t hold back, and neither did Piers Morgan. And if you thought cable news had run out of fireworks, Thursday night proved otherwise. Right from the jump, Morgan cut through the niceties and went straight for the jugular: “Joy, let’s be honest… I don’t think you were fired because you’re a Black woman. I think you were fired because your show just got increasingly unpopular.”
You could practically hear the collective gasp through the screen. There it was — the blunt, unvarnished accusation most hosts would never dare say out loud. Reid froze, then bristled, then launched into a response dripping with righteous indignation. And that’s when the whole thing morphed from interview into verbal wrestling match.
Reid’s defense? Her show didn’t lose viewers as badly as some others, so why cancel her? Well, the numbers tell a different story: a brutal 28% drop in just one year, landing her at 973,000 viewers in February 2025. That might sound like a lot until you realize those numbers are dismal for a prime‑time slot on a network that’s been bleeding credibility for years. But don’t expect Reid to admit that on air. Instead, she went straight to the playbook that’s kept her in headlines: blame racism.
Morgan wasn’t having it. He pushed back hard, asking why she insisted on “playing the race card” instead of confronting the reality of ratings collapse. Reid, visibly agitated, fired back that Morgan himself was “fixated” on racializing the conversation. And then, in a twist of irony you couldn’t script better, she immediately launched into yet another speech about race.
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
It didn’t stop there. Morgan reminded her — sharply — about her long history of using race to cudgel her opponents, including mocking Black conservatives like Clarence Thomas as “Uncle Clarence” and dismissing Sen. Tim Scott as nothing more than a “patina of diversity.” Reid didn’t deny it. Instead, she accused Morgan of cherry-picking quotes to fit his narrative. The sparks were flying, but neither seemed willing to give an inch.
And then, almost out of nowhere, Morgan dragged out an old controversy Reid probably hoped was buried: those resurfaced homophobic blog posts from years back. Watching Reid try to dance around that while still wielding her moral high ground was… something to behold.
NEW: Piers Morgan accuses Joy Reid of being homophobic to her face on his show.
Morgan: “Have you watched Brokeback Mountain?”
Reid: *Goes on a rant about a children’s book with strapon dild*s in it*
Morgan: “You posted on your blog that you wouldn’t watch Brokeback Mountain… pic.twitter.com/bRgZm4g6Ii
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 17, 2025
The tension kept climbing. Every exchange felt like it was teetering on the edge of total meltdown. You could see Morgan, eyebrow arched, almost daring her to say something even more explosive. You could see Reid, clinging to the narrative that she was a victim of forces beyond ratings and market demand.
And then, just when you thought it might settle, Reid threw one last jab about Morgan being a “White European” with a double standard — and the entire conversation lurched right back into chaos.
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