The drama continues to swirl around Jeopardy!’s hosting situation following Alex Trebek’s death late last year, as it was announced this week that executive producer Mike Richards is parting ways with both Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. Richards drew the ire of many viewers, not just for being named the new Jeopardy! host, following what appeared to be a charade of a guest-host audition process, but also for some offensive comments he’d made that came to light. And you better believe as viewers reacted to the news of Richards’ departure, former series champ James Holzhauer had something to say.
Through this whole Jeopardy! hosting train wreck, James Holzhauer has consistently and relentlessly roasted the process, always happy to tell us how he really feels about Mike Richards. But his opinion was never more apparent than in his tweets following the news about Richards stepping down as EP:
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.
While it was clear from past tweets that James Holzhauer had a negative impression of Jeopardy!’s former executive producer Mike Richards, here we get confirmation that he formed his opinion of Richards first-hand, as their paths must have crossed when Holzhauer was competing on the show. That makes sense, as Holzhauer is one of the winningest Jeopardy! champions ever and has returned...
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