That's why people are angry at the frontnunner to replace Alex Trebek
The executive producer Mike Richards is rumored to be the new host.
For months now,Danger! has been on the search for a new host after the death of the long-standing beloved starAlex Trebek. A series of guest guests took the game game scene, some just for fun andcharity And some as a real audition of becoming the new host. Last week, the reports came out thatMike Richards was supposed to be close to becoming thenew host ofDanger!. Richards is also the executive producer of the show and was the second guest host presented at the end of February and early March.
The news has led to an immediate countercond. Some fans have not only other hosts that they prefer, but the prosecutions involving Richards resurfaced, what he answered at once. Read to find out why some viewers do not believe that Richards is fit to host the show.
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Richards worked on various other play shows beforeDanger!
Richards worked as a host and a producer during his career. He hostedBeauty and geek andThe pyramid and producedWeaker link,The price is correct, andWho Wants to Be a Millionaire. Richards was an executive producer ofThe price is correct from 2008 to 2019. He became an executive producer ofDanger!-and ofWheel of Fortune-Last year.
He would have official talks to be the new permanent host ofDanger!.
August 4,Variety reported thatRichards was in "advanced negotiations" be the new host ofDanger!. A spokesman for the production company, Sony Photos Television, saidVariety These discussions were still ongoing with other candidates. A "source close to the situation" told the publication that there were still other candidates considered, but that Richards was the fronner.
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Prosecutions have been resturfed shortly thereafter.
Shortly after the Richards report potentially landed the job, previous prosecutions involving Richards started making headlines again. The daily beast has published a report on August 5thAbout several prosecutions which were presented by models working onThe price is correct During the Richards time on the show.
For example, a model claimed that she let the show move as a result of her pregnancy, but the judge dropped the case because of the status of short limitations. Another model claimed that it was abused and witnessed other models harassed by producers when they became pregnant. She affirmed Richards's answer to her pregnancy with twins was "putting] his face in his hands" and asking him "to ask him twice, in an annoyed tone", twins? Are you serious? "She claimed that she received less work as a result of her pregnancy. This model received $ 8.5 million, but the decision was then reversed and the case was settled by the Tribunal.
Richards responded in an internal letter to theDanger!Staff.
Monday, CNN reported onAn internal memo who was sent from Richards toDanger! In what he responds to the reports he will be the new host and the comments on prosecutions. According to CNN, a spokesman for Sony Pictures Television shared the memo with the exit.
"I want you to know all that the way my comments and my actions were characterized in these complaints do not reflect the reality of who I am or how we worked together onThe price is correct, "Richards wrote cases." I know it's knowing how special it is to be a parent. This is the most important thing in the world. I would not say anything to respect the pregnancy of anyone who is always supported by my colleagues on their parental trips. "
Richards denied that he gets over.
While Richards is the executive producer ofDanger!It is not his decision that becomes the new host. The CNN indicates that the final decision maker isTony Vincierra, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
In the memo, Richards says that other hosts are always taken into account. "The choice on this is not my decision and has never been", reads the memo. "Throughout this search, the absolute priority of Sony has always been to continue the incredible inheritance that you and Alex built. As you know, Alex still believed that the game itself and competitors are the most Important of the show, and that will continue to be the guiding principle as the decision is finalized. "
There are also other reasons for the reaction.
Many fan reactions on Twitter emphasize thatRichards get the job This would seem as if the hearings of the guest host were only a formality. Others mention lawsuits. Some fans speak to know how it seemed that Danger! might have been able to advance with a woman or a non-white person in the role, because guest guests were somewhat diverse, but they then seem to go with a white man at the end. And many Twitter users always argue this guest host Levar Burton would have been their choice .
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