Joy Reid took time to address the yuge scandal that is threatening her livelihood – but she’s still in denial about writing the homophobic blogposts.
.@MSNBC‘s Joy Reid addresses homophobic blog posts:
“I genuinely do not believe I wrote those hateful things … But I can definitely understand, based on things I have tweeted and have written in the past, why some people don’t believe me.” pic.twitter.com/PWjdPfs5KB
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 28, 2018
LOL!! Hilarious.
More from the Hill:
“I’ve not been exempt from being dumb or cruel or hurtful to the very people I want to advocate for – I own that, I get it – and for that I’m truly sorry.”
Reid had previously blamed a possible hack for the blog posts, but admitted Saturday that those looking into such claims have not found evidence to back them up.
“When a friend found them in December and sent them to me, I was stunned,” Reid said. “Frankly, I couldn’t imagine where they’d come from or whose voice this was. The reality is they have not been able to prove it.”
On Wednesday, Reid’s lawyer said the FBI was investigating the MSNBC host’s claims about a possible hack.
The Daily Beast said that it was going to temporarily suspend Reid’s columns while reporters for the site investigate her claims, and the site said in a report on its investigation that evidence provided for the hacking claims “crumbles under scrutiny.”
Reid maintained Saturday she did not write the blog posts but acknowledged that she had said anti-gay things in the past and promised to do better in the future.
I doubt very much that this scandal is over…