MSNBC makes history with two out gay Black co-anchors

May 02
Written by Chantelle Billson

Eugene Daniels and Jonathan Capehart are set to make history as the first two openly gay Black men to co-host a news program on a major network. (Instagram/capehartj /eugenedaniels2)

MSNBC is set to make history with the introduction of two out gay Black anchors on The Weekend.

Jonathan Capehart, who has hosted on Saturdays and Sundays for MSNBC over the past few years, will be joined by senior Washington correspondent Eugene Daniels and the network’s newest Washington correspondent, Jackie Alemany, as co-hosts of the three-person panel show.

Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart, along with Eugene Daniels — a former White House correspondent for Politico and co-author of its influential insider publication Playbook — will be the first two out gay Black men to co-host a news program together on a major network.

Daniels is the current president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, where he will continue to serve.

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MSNBC is set to make history with the introduction of two out gay Black anchors on The Weekend. Jonathan Capehart, who has hosted on Saturdays and Sundays for MSNBC over the past few years, will be joined by senior Washington correspondent Eugene Daniels and the network’s newest Washington correspondent, Jackie Alemany, as co-hosts of the three-person panel show. Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart, along with Eugene Daniels — a former White House correspondent for Politico and co-author of its influential insider publication Playbook — will be the first two out gay Black men to co-host a news program together on a major network. Daniels is the current president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, where he will continue to serve. The move follows the American cable news channel being split from its network partner NBC News, becoming an independent news-gathering entity. During an appearance on Morning Joe, the trio shared the exciting news of their upcoming collaboration. Capehart said: “We have so much to talk about, and thankfully, we’re going to have six hours — Saturday and Sunday — to really keep the conversation going.” On 16 April, Capehart took to Instagram to share a selfie alongside his beaming co-hosts, playfully captioning it, “A three-pack of shenanigans.” #msnbc #jonathancapehart #eugenedaniels #lgbtqhistory #donaldtrump #lgbtqia
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The move follows the American cable news channel being split from its network partner NBC News, becoming an independent news-gathering entity.

During an appearance on Morning Joe, the trio shared the exciting news of their upcoming collaboration.

Capehart said: “We have so much to talk about, and thankfully, we’re going to have six hours — Saturday and Sunday — to really keep the conversation going.”

On 16 April, Capehart took to Instagram to share a selfie alongside his beaming co-hosts, playfully captioning it, “A three-pack of shenanigans.”

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The trio will take over from a previous version of the show that featured Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez — all of whom will move to a new primetime slot at 7pm on weeknights, replacing Joy Reid, who is departing the network.

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