"Jeopardy" Champ James Holzhauer Reacted To Mike Richards' Firing, And He Did Not Hold Back
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After a tumultuous few weeks in Jeopardy land, Mike Richards was officially fired from his role as executive producer on the show yesterday.
The move came after Richards previously had stepped down from hosting Jeopardy due to backlash to comments about women that he gave on a podcast, first brought to light by The Ringer, as well as his discrimination lawsuits from his time working on The Price Is Right.
In response to the news, former Jeopardy champ James Holzhauer quickly made his thoughts about the decision known on Twitter.
Do I think Mike Richards’s podcast comments were appropriate for polite society? No. But did he deserve the benefit of the doubt for the job he did running Jeopardy? Also no
In case you forgot, Holzhauer went on a record-breaking 32-game streak back in 2019 and is the second highest earner in regular-season play history, behind only Ken Jennings.
He also holds genuinely every single top record for single-day earnings on the show. A legend!
After his initial tweet, Holzhauer then followed it up with a simple yet effective pop culture reference to sum up his feelings:
Later last night, Holzhauer further expanded on his feelings about Richards, explaining that his impression is based on far more than just the comments on the podcast, and he linked to a Hollywood Reporter piece outlining Richards' behavior as executive producer on The Price Is Right.
Some judged Mike Richards solely on his podcast comments and formed a negative opinion, but I judged him by the way he treated people backstage at Jeopardy and formed a much stronger negative opinion https://t.co/mebtz0Tgc3
Welp, only time will tell what will happen next in the search for the next Jeopardy host.
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