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MSNBC's Joy-Ann Reid apologized on Saturday for "dumb" and "hurtful" homophobic comments in her old blog posts, the Associated Press reports.

The backdrop: Reid came under fire after posts resurfaced which contained anti-LGBT comments. She claims that she was hacked, but said on Saturday that security experts have not found proof of that. Per the AP, she said: "I genuinely do not believe I wrote those hateful things because they are completely alien to me." 

Joy-Ann Reid says there's no proof that her blog was hacked

But she said she doesn't believe she wrote them.

Joy-Ann Reid. Photo: Duane Prokop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

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MSNBC&#x27;s Joy-Ann Reid apologized on Saturday for &quot;dumb&quot; and &quot;hurtful&quot; homophobic comments in her old blog posts, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="the Associated Press reports" data-vars-click-url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/msnbcs-joy-reid-apologizes-for-hurtful-comments/2018/04/28/5d4816aa-4af1-11e8-8082-105a446d19b8_story.html?utm_term=.94304b2d37ec" data-vars-content-id="8103c071-319f-4312-b3b9-7978225542c5" data-vars-headline="Joy-Ann Reid says there&#x27;s no proof that her blog was hacked" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/msnbcs-joy-reid-apologizes-for-hurtful-comments/2018/04/28/5d4816aa-4af1-11e8-8082-105a446d19b8_story.html?utm_term=.94304b2d37ec" target="_blank">the Associated Press reports</a>.The backdrop: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Reid came under fire" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/msnbc-host-joy-ann-reid-homophobic-blog-posts-c1bda0d6-2e35-4182-83d9-bb4db6ae3482.html" data-vars-content-id="8103c071-319f-4312-b3b9-7978225542c5" data-vars-headline="Joy-Ann Reid says there&#x27;s no proof that her blog was hacked" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/msnbc-host-joy-ann-reid-homophobic-blog-posts-c1bda0d6-2e35-4182-83d9-bb4db6ae3482.html" target="_self">Reid came under fire</a> after posts resurfaced which contained anti-LGBT comments. She claims that she was hacked, but said on Saturday that security experts have not found proof of that. Per the AP, she said: &quot;I genuinely do not believe I wrote those hateful things because they are completely alien to me.&quot;

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Joy-Ann Reid says there's no proof that her blog was hacked

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