In 2010, one of the game show’s former models, Brandi Cochran, filed a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against the show, CBS and others, saying that after she revealed she was pregnant, she was repeatedly taken out of acts she would have appeared in before and was denied the chance to return to work after she took maternity leave.Īccording to the lawsuit, after Cochran revealed on air that she had been carrying twins, Richards put his face in his hands and said to her, “Twins? Are you serious? … You’re serious?” The case went to trial and the jury sided with Cochran, awarding her about $8.5 million, but the decision was later overturned and a judge ordered a new trial. In his note, Richards also addressed an employment lawsuit against “The Price Is Right” when he was an executive producer, a controversy that resurfaced online when his name was floated for the host position. “Alex always believed the game itself and the contestants are the most important aspects of the show.” “The choice on this is not my decision and never has been,” Richards wrote. In an email to “Jeopardy!” staff that the show released to the media earlier this week, Richards - who was the host of a reality show called “Beauty and the Geek” - wrote that he was “humbled and deeply honored” when he was asked if he would consider hosting the show. Bush in 2000, only to take the job himself and become vice president.) (Some made comparisons to Dick Cheney, who was tasked with vetting possible running mates for George W. When Variety magazine published an article last week saying that Richards was the top candidate for the job, there were decidedly mixed reactions some on social media expressed disappointment that an executive with influence over the succession battle would end up being the winner.
She went out of her way to praise Burton, whom she has worked with before, and who had a large fan base pushing for him to be named host. “Name it and they may dream it up for me to host,” she said, lying in bed under the covers. She suggested that her role may be fluid as “Jeopardy!” develops new spinoffs.
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