It sounds like former MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews has been doing some self-reflecting since he resigned (on air!) from his longtime hosting gig on Hardball in March.
In the interview, Matthews acknowledged again that he’d made the remark, and that it wasn’t right. “I didn’t argue about it, I didn’t deny it,” Matthews says. “I accepted the credibility of the complaint in the article. I didn’t want to challenge the person that made the complaint and wrote the article. I thought it was very credible and certainly within the person’s rights to write that article, of course. That was highly justified.
Basically, as I said, to repeat myself, it’s inappropriate in the workplace to compliment somebody on their appearance, this is in the makeup chair, and I did itNot to pat anyone on the back for achieving the bare minimum, i.e., admitting to bad behavior and accepting the consequences, but
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