Mike Richards steps down as new ‘Jeopardy!’ host amid recent scrutiny on his past.
The first was filed by Brandi Cochran, a former model for “The Price Is Right,” who said she was fired after she became pregnant. Richards, who was not listed as a defendant, was accused in the suit of treating Cochran differently after she announced she was pregnant in 2008. The case went to trial and a jury awarded Cochran more than $8 million.
Richards was among the named defendants in that suit. However, he was later dropped as a defendant, and the suit was settled in 2013,. In a recent note to “Jeopardy!” staff members, Richards described the lawsuits as “employment disputes” against “The Price Is Right.” Richards, for his part, apologized and said in a statement on Wednesday evening: “It’s more than clear that my attempts to be funny and provocative were not acceptable.”
"Honestly, I had him pegged at the top of my list, even though I kept referring to him as 'What's his name?' because nobody knew his name. It made sense because he's so intimately familiar with the show. It was comfortable for him to step in,” Bornmann said in an interview. But some fans believed that while Richards might have been trying to signal contrition for his past behavior, the “optics” of his accession to the syndicated TV throne were still deeply unfortunate.
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