Let me start with my headline tonight.

I'm retiring.

On the eve of Super Tuesday, he stunned MSNBC viewers with the announcement that his tenure as host of Hardball was coming to a sudden end after 23 years.

Right then and there for those of you have gotten in the habit of watching hardball every night, I hope you're going to miss because I'm gonna miss you.

It comes in the wake of allegations from journalist Laura Bassett, who has appeared as a guest on his show several times.

Our bass is a political reporter for The Huffington Post.

In an article for G Q magazine, Bassett claims that in 2016 Matthews looked over at me in the makeup chair next to him and said, Why haven't I fallen in love with you?

Yet?

Another time, she writes, he stood between me and the mirror and complimented the red dress I was wearing for the segment You going out tonight?

He asked in announcing his retirement, the 74 year old host apologized.

A lot of it has to do with how we talk to each other.

Compliments on a woman's appearance that some men, including May, might have once incorrectly thought, We're OK.

We're never okay.

Not then is certainly not today and for making such comments in the past.

I'm sorry today, Laura Bassett responded.

All I got to say is, it's about time.

This week has been really rough.

It's all worth it if he will never have the platform to demean and objectify us again.

Meghan McCain came to Matthew's defense today, and I think to reduce his entire career to this segment yesterday made me really sad because I thought he deserved a better send off than that.

But remembering Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, we'll always have hardball, so let's not say goodbye.

But so we meet again.

Following a commercial.

Matthews was gone, replaced for the night by political reporter Steve Kornacki.