In his first interview since resigning over inappropriate comments about a female reporter's appearance less than two months ago, former MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews said the reporter's complaint about him was 'highly justified'
In his first interview since resigning over inappropriate comments about a female reporter's appearance less than two months ago, former MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews said the reporter's complaint about him was "highly justified."
"I didn’t argue about it, I didn’t deny it,” he said. “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."
Speaking on air during his final appearance in March, Matthews acknowledged and applauded changing"standards" in the workplace and apologized for making comments about women's appearances. The most recent allegations surfaced against the veteran host in late February when journalist Laura Bassett revealed in a column for GQ that Matthews made her"uncomfortable" ahead of her 2016 appearance on"Hardball" after he"inappropriately flirted with me in the makeup room."
Bassett recalled another incident where Matthews complimented her red dress and asked whether she was going out following their segment. In 1999, Matthews was reprimanded for making inappropriate jokes and comments about a female employee. The incident, made when"Hardball with Chris Matthews" was airing on CNBC, resulted in the woman getting separation-related compensation from the network, an MSNBC spokesperson told USA TODAY in 2017.
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