The longtime talk show host made the on-air announcement on Monday
. When the show returned, Steve Kornacki had replaced Matthews’ spot as the temporary host for Monday night’s broadcast.. “It’s an honor for me to work with him, to sit in for him on occasion. I think you’re going to miss him, and I know I’m going to.”
A series of rotating hosts will sit in on Matthews’ 7 p.m. time slot until a permanent replacement is found, a spokesperson for MSNBC confirmed to PEOPLE. RELATED VIDEO: Matt Lauer Fired Overnight After NBC Received a Complaint Alleging ‘Inappropriate Sexual Behavior’ Matthews’ resignation comes just days after journalist Laura Bassett accused him of making inappropriate comments about her appearance when she was a guest on his program in 2016., she named Matthews as the “married cable-news host who inappropriately flirted with me in the makeup room a few times before we went live on his show, making me noticeably uncomfortable on air.”
“In 2016, right before I had to go on his show and talk about sexual-assault allegations against Donald Trump, Matthews looked over at me in the makeup chair next to him and said, ‘Why haven’t I fallen in love with you yet?'” she wrote. “When I laughed nervously and said nothing, he followed up to the makeup artist. ‘Keep putting makeup on her, I’ll fall in love with her.'”
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