Far-Left Conspiracy Theorist Rachel Maddow to Take MSNBC Hiatus to 'Re-Energize'

Far-left Russian collusion conspiracy theorist Rachel Maddow is expected to announce a hiatus from MSNBC to her viewers on Monday night’s show.

Maddow’s break is expected to last a few weeks.

She is reportedly taking a break to re-energize and make a film with Ben Stiller.

Maddow is currently under a $30 million-a-year contract with MSNBC through 2024.

The New York Post reported:

Rachel Maddow reportedly will go on hiatus from her primetime talk show on MSNBC to focus on movie and podcast projects, including a film directed by Ben Stiller.

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Maddow told staffers at the left-leaning, Comcast-owned network that she will step aside for a few weeks to devote time to her side projects, Business Insider reported on Monday.

She is expected to announce the move to viewers during Monday night’s broadcast.

Maddow will executive produce a Focus Features movie based on her book and podcast, “Bag Man,” about a political bribery scandal.

MSNBC’s ratings are down in 2021 after years of broadcasting Trump hate day in and day out.

Adweek reported:

In 2021, MSNBC averaged 1.53 million total primetime viewers, 216,000 adults 25-54 in primetime, 905,000 total viewers in the 24-hour daypart and 125,000 adults 25-54 in the 24-hour daypart. That is according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data.

Compared to its final 2020 ratings, MSNBC shed -28% in total prime time viewers (1.53 million vs. 2.13 million), -39% in the prime time demo (216,000 vs. 356,000), -27% in total viewers across the 24-hour day (905,000 vs. 1.24 million) and -38% among adults 25-54 across the 24-hour day (125,000 vs. 201,000).