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.
(Excerpt) Read more at pagesix.com ...
Jason Alexander said that was his all time favorite line from Seinfeld.
What a yawn.
Outlaw makeup on women who appear on TV...
Cool.
Laura Ingraham used to call his show, “Lardball, with Chris Matthews.”
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