Overview

• Joy Reid said she was lured onto Piers Morgan’s Uncensored show under false pretenses and claims his team used pre-edited clips to steer the 45-minute conversation toward race instead of her new YouTube program.
• Reid branded the segment a “race-baiting ambush,” denounced Morgan’s methods as “cheap” and a “sleazy trap,” and labeled him a “thirsty troll” targeting a mostly white audience.
• On X, Morgan countered that the interview “did not go well” for Reid and argued her public criticism only confirms his focus on race and identity politics.
• During the exchange Morgan quizzed Reid on Obama’s deportation numbers and confronted her over past homophobic blog posts, prompting a partial apology but no clear admission of authorship.
• The dispute has intensified debates over ambush-style interviews, accountability for historic online content and the broader shift of established broadcasters to independent digital platforms.