Former MSNBC host Joy Reid joked Thursday about her “breakup” from the network earlier this week. Speaking at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards in Los Angeles, the broadcaster opened the event with a lighthearted acknowledgment of her show’s cancellation.

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid jokes about her show's recent cancellation at MSNBC at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards on Feb. 27

MSNBC's new president Rebecca Kulter announced that Reid would be exiting the network on Feb. 24Joy Reid has a sense of humor about her recent exit from MSNBC.While speaking at Essence's Black Women in Hollywood event on Feb.