Don’t mess with DeSantis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Friday, MSNBC suddenly announced its decision to cut ties with controversial host Tiffany Cross over her “bad judgment.” According to sources familiar with the matter, executives decided not to renew Cross’s two-year contract after growing tired of the host’s controversial antics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Repeated bad behavior on and off-air. Bad judgment,” a source close to the situation told Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cross, who hosted the weekend program “Cross Connection,” will be replaced by rotating guest anchors until a replacement is named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cross was previously a fill-in host for Joy Reid’s weekend show “AM Joy” and got her own Saturday program in 2020. She has since made a name for herself over her vitriolic statements about conservatives, a move that would ultimately cost her job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The reporting thus far does not indicate that ratings were a factor. An internal MSNBC ratings memo obtained by Mediaite<\/a> earlier this year said that \u201cThe Cross Connection is the highest-rated weekend show on MSNBC,\u201d and that the show\u2019s audience \u201cskews 55% female and 35% African American.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mere hours before being fired Cross raised eyebrows over her comments about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Sunshine state during an appearance with Comedy Central. She used her turn during the \u201cOne\u2019s Gotta Go\u201d segment to push for the release of Florida into the castration bin, attacking the governor and comparing his state to a set of genitalia that could use a trim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n