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.

Rebecca Kutler, who officially took over as MSNBC's president earlier this month, has announced several programming changes at the liberal-leaning cable news network. As part of the shakeup, Reid's show "The ReidOut" has been canceled, and she is leaving the network.

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.