Posted on 02/28/2020 8:32:09 PM PST by conservative98
MSNBC host Chris Matthews inappropriately flirted with a much younger female guest on at least two occasions while she was getting made up to appear on his Hardball show, the woman wrote Friday.
Freelance journalist Laura Bassett, who previously wrote about the incidents in 2017 without naming Matthews, identified him in a column published by GQ.
I was afraid to name him at the time for fear of retaliation from the network; Im not anymore, she wrote.
During one incident in 2016, Matthews whos married to Kathleen Matthews, a former Maryland Democratic Party chairwoman allegedly looked over at me in the makeup chair next to him and said, Why havent I fallen in love with you yet?' Bassett wrote.
When I laughed nervously and said nothing, he followed up to the makeup artist. Keep putting makeup on her, Ill fall in love with her.'
Another time, Bassett said, Matthews complimented her red dress and asked, You going out tonight?
When Bassett replied that she didnt know, Matthews reportedly told the makeup artist, Make sure you wipe this off her face after the show. We dont make her up so some guy at a bar can look at her like this.
Chris Matthews misses the good old election days Bassett said that although shes pretty sure that behavior doesnt rise to the level of illegal sexual harassment it undermined my ability to do my job well.
Bassett, who uses a screenshot from an appearance on Hardball as her profile photo on Twitter, also said her interactions with Matthews made her noticeably uncomfortable on air.
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Sexual harassment? NO! But, he did exhibit extreme stupidity and crass and total lack of class.
The only think he should be flirting with is his own leg.
The only think he should be flirting with is his own leg.
Yup shes kinda cute. Chris eyeballs still working
Oh, the stories I could tell when I was single & 30ish......Matthews is just a creepy old guy...did he TOUCH her? Make comments without someone else present? Make her job contingent on something with him? Sheesh...she’s outed herself as stupid.
Geez folks, stop helping Chrissy. Let him explain himself out of this mess.
and said, Why havent I fallen in love with you yet?’..
OMG Kill HIM!!!
Give me a break. Even married men say stupid things sometimes
i’m with you. One day she’ll be an ugly old hag and won’t have to worry.
He was a jerk.
Do you like working with jerks?
I would think she could have put the brakes on this by mentioning his wife: does your wife appreciate your attention to her makeup application? Or hopefully something snappier than that....
He crossed the line when he asked her what she was doing after the show—when he had no indication she was interested in him.
That is just being an idiot.
You going out tonight?..is not asking her what she was doing after the show.
He followed that up with a silly comment but NOTHING that sounded like he was asking her out.
Give me a break folks.
Even “tingles” is innocent on this one
I think she needed to be stronger:
“Chris, you are acting like a jerk. Stop it and stop it now.”
How do you know your party has completely lost it? When Chris Matthews is not liberal enough anymore.
It was none of his business what she was doing after she left the show.
None of his business.
This is _not_ that complicated.
He just can’t help it when he gets a thrill up his leg.
Yes..or say...what would your wife, or daughter say about what you just said to me?
Exactly!
The time to stop inappropriate comments is when they are made.
Hahaha...you do what you have to do....there’s ALWAYS jerks around, you just have to learn how to deal with them. Lucky I’m retired now.
Based on some of the comments here, I chose the wrong career.
I should have been a sexual harassment lawyer.
Easy pickings on this thread....
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