Rachel Maddow is speaking out hours after it was announced that Joy Reid would be exiting MSNBC. On Monday, Feb. 24, The Rachel Maddow Show host, 51, began her show by expressing that Reid's departure from the network earlier the same day was “very, very, very hard to take.”

MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow called out the network for parting ways with host Joy Reid. Reid hosted her final show on Monday after reports emerged over the weekend that MSNBC was cancelling her program.