'My show had value': Joy Reid cries after MSNBC canceled her show

In the wake of MSNBC canceling her show, Joy Reid cried on a Sunday podcast episode, claiming that her show had "value." 

"My show had value," she said as she began to cry. "I’m sorry, I try not to cry on TV, and I think this is kind of like TV. I apologize," she continued, being handed tissues. Reid said her show "mattered" and added that she felt a "moment of guilt" for going "hard on so many issues."

"Whether it was the Black Lives Matter issues or a young baby or a mom or a dad that was killed, or when we opened up people's eyes to the fact that Asian Americans were being targeted and not just black folks, or went hard for immigrants who've done nothing but come to this country like my parents did and try to make a life and defended them," she said.

"Or whether we've talked about what the President is doing that is subversive to the Constitution, that is injurious to our liberty. You know, defending books that people find inconvenient, you know that Nikole Hannah-Jones put into our spirit that we need to understand 1619 as the real founding of this country," she continued. "Whether it's talking about any of these issues, and yes, whether it's talking about Gaza and the fact that we as the American people have a right to object—to have a right to object to little babies being bombed and where I come down on that is I'm not sorry. I am not sorry that I stood up for those things, because those things are of God."

MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler said in a memo to staff Monday about Reid, "We thank her for her countless contributions over the years. Her work has been recognized with several esteemed honors, including most recently, the 2025 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News Series," per Forbes.

Reid's final show will air this week, and after that, the 7 pm hour will feature a panel show helmed by former Democrat strategist Symone Sandrers Townsend, Alicia Mendez, and former RNC chair Michael Steele.

Kutler was reportedly angered that news of the cancelation had leaked to the press and staffers on the show heard about the show’s end from the press rather than leadership, Status reported. In the 30-minute meeting, it was also revealed that the entire staff had been laid off from the program.