Appearing on "Morning Joe" on Thursday morning, Chris Matthews was asked by host Joe Scarborough how ex-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani fell so far and so fast and the ex-MSNBC anchor pinned it on two things — alcohol abuse and being under the sway of Donald Trump.
Reacting to Giuliani's fortunes that just saw him take a $148 million hit in a defamation trial, Matthews called the former mayor's life a "mess."
Noting that he had been covering Giuliani for decades, Matthews seemed stunned at how far the former mayor had gone off the rails.
"It's booze," he told the host before elaborating, "It's probably a combination of booze and this crazy Donald Trump affection that he has and trusting in Trump and all the calculation he did with what he said about the election workers in Georgia."
"It's a mess," he added. "He has to deal with the alcohol problem."
"It's not going to be a great future," he predicted. "All this money he owes, $150 million, how do you look in the mirror and say 'I owe that money' with no clear means of income coming in? I mean, it's tough."
