Melissa Harris-Perry is out at MSNBC
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Melissa Harris-Perry and her cable TV bosses have gone splitsville, both sides said on Sunday.
Farewell #Nerdland. Inviting diverse new voices to table was a privilege. Grateful for years of support & criticism. pic.twitter.com/DJ7MMvVreN
— Melissa Harris-Perry (@MHarrisPerry) February 28, 2016
“Farewell #Nerdland. Inviting diverse new voices to table was a privilege,” tweeted Harris-Perry, who threw a very public tantrum last week in the wake of her weekend show being pre-empted in recent weeks in favor of live news cover of the Democratic and GOP presidential primaries. “Grateful for years of support & criticism.”
An MSNBC rep confirmed the network and Harris-Perry had “parted ways.”
The host sent a scathing memo on Friday, accusing employers of using her as a token.
“I will not be used as a tool for [management’s] purposes,” she wrote to her staff. “I am not a token, mammy, or little brown bobble head. I love our show, I want it back.”
The “Melissa Harris-Perry” show had run from 10 a.m. to noon on weekends.
“Our show was taken — without comment or discussion or notice — in the midst of an election season,” she wrote to staff.