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Chris Matthews is admitting to behavior.

The former MSNBC Hardball host spoke out for the first time since retiring amid sexual harassment allegations in an interview with Vanity Fair.

In the interview, he said he was “inappropriate” and found the accuser’s story “very credible.”

“I didn’t argue about it, I didn’t deny it,” he said of journalist Laura Bassett‘s claims.

“I accepted the credibility of the complaint in the article. I didn’t want to challenge the person that made the complaint and wrote the article. I thought it was very credible and certainly within the person’s rights to write that article, of course. That was highly justified. Basically, as I said, to repeat myself, it’s inappropriate in the workplace to compliment somebody on their appearance, this is in the makeup chair, and I did it,” he said.

Laura wrote that she was harassed in an uncomfortable 2016 encounter, in which he reportedly said “Why haven’t I fallen in love with you yet?” to her in a makeup chair.

Chris Matthews, the longtime host of the MSNBC series Hardball, has announced that he is retiring from the show, effective immediately.

“I’m retiring,” he said on the air on Monday night (March 2). “This is the last Hardball on MSNBC, and obviously this isn’t for lack of interest in politics”

Matthews, 74, has been the host of the series since 1999 and he recently has been the subject of criticism because of comments that he has made about Bernie Sanders, female journalists, and African-American lawmakers.

He said during his farewell that “compliments on a woman’s appearance that some men, including me, might have incorrectly thought were OK were never OK. Not then, and certainly not today, and for making such comments in the past, I’m sorry.”

After Matthews made the announcement at the top of the show, a commercial break aired and he did not return after that. Political reporter Steve Kornacki took over for the rest of the hour and Matthews said “a younger generation is ready to take the reins.”

Chris Matthews was undoubtedly won of the breakout stars of the 2015 Super Bowl, so let’s get to know him a little better!

The 25-year-old football player is a wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks and he made his first career receptions during the big game on Sunday (February 1) at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

Chris originally went undrafted in the 2011 NFL Draft, but was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent. He was released though and went on to play in the Arena Football League in 2012 and then the Canadian Football League in 2013, but was released after an injury.

In the interim, Chris worked at a Foot Locker store and was working there when he got a call from the Seahawks to try out for them. He finally signed to the team’s roster on December 6, 2014 and only played in three regular season games before heading to the playoffs and ultimately the Super Bowl. What an amazing story!

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