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Chris Matthews quits on air: Veteran Hardball anchor resigns over sexist comments

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Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s Hardball: AP

The 74-year-old has faced a storm of criticism in recent weeks over a series of controversial comments.

He was forced to apologise for comparing Bernie Sanders’ victory in the Nevada caucuses to Nazi Germany’s invasion of France in 1940. Mr Sanders is Jewish.

He was also accused of adopting a condescending tone towards Elizabeth Warren, as well as being accused by journalist Laura Bassett of having made inappropriate comments about her appearance.

While speaking about Mr Sanders’s victory, Matthews said: “I was reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940, and the general, Renault, calls up Churchill and says, ‘It’s over.’ And Churchill says ‘How can it be? You’ve got the greatest army in Europe. How can it be over?’ He said, ‘It’s over.’ So I had that suppressed feeling.”

On Monday evening he opened his show by revealing that it would be his last, saying: “Let me start with my headline tonight: I’m retiring.

Hardball on MSNBC and obviously, this isn’t from a lack of interest in politics.” data-reactid=”24″ type=”text”>”This is the last Hardball on MSNBC and obviously, this isn’t from a lack of interest in politics.

Hardball. Every morning I read the papers and I’m gung-ho to get to work. Not many people have had this privilege.”” data-reactid=”25″ type=”text”>”As you can tell I’ve loved every minute of my 20 years as host of Hardball. Every morning I read the papers and I’m gung-ho to get to work. Not many people have had this privilege.”

He said that he had made the decision following the accusations of sexism.

“After a conversation with MSNBC I decided tonight would be my last Hardball, so let me tell you why.

“The younger generations out there are ready to take the reins. We’ve seen them in politics, in the media, in fighting for their causes. They’re improving the workplace – we’re talking here about better standards than we grew up with, fair standards.

“A lot of it has to do with how we talk to each other. Compliments on a woman’s appearance that some men, including me, might have once incorrectly thought were OK, were never OK – not then and certainly not today. And for making such comments in the past, I’m sorry.”

“When I laughed nervously and said nothing, he followed up to the makeup artist. ‘Keep putting makeup on her, I’ll fall in love with her’. Another time, he stood between me and the mirror and complimented the red dress I was wearing for the segment. ‘You going out tonight?’ he asked.”

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