Mike Richards is reviewing his quick stint as Jeopardy! host.
In August 2021, Richards was promoted from his function as the video game program’s executive manufacturer to fill out the uninhabited area left by long time host Alex Trebek, who passed away from pancreatic cancer 9 months previously. However, after hosting simply one episode, Richards stepped down from the podium in the middle of debate over sexist remarks he made previously in his profession. Though Richards excused the insensitive remarks at the time, he eventually parted methods with the program.
Now, more than 2 years later on, Richards spoke up about his public shooting, stating that it “was the price you pay for getting thrust into the zeitgeist in a very inopportune moment.”
“Why I am talking now is that I feel like I can be a force for good as far as having open, honest conversations,” he informed People in an interview released March20 “We can all disagree about a great deal of things. We can disagree about politics, we can disagree about who hosts Jeopardy! We can disagree about liking a last Jeopardy! hint. And we should. But I seemed like there was a this rush to judgment, and a great deal of individuals got delight in stating, ‘I got you.'”
