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American news anchor (born 1945)

This article is about the American political commentator. For other people with the same name, see Chris Matthews (disambiguation).

Christopher John Matthews (born December 17, 1945) is an American political commentator, retired talk show host, and author.

Matthews hosted his weeknight hour-long talk show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, on America's Talking and later on MSNBC, from 1997 until March 2, 2020. He announced on his final episode that he was retiring, following an accusation that he had made inappropriate comments to a Hardball guest four years earlier.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Early life and education

Matthews was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Mary Teresa (née Shields) and Herb Matthews, a court reporter.^[6][7] Matthews's father was, he has written, "raised Episcopalian—Church of England," of English and Scots-Irish ancestry, and his