‘Jeopardy!’s Mike Richards Breaks Silence Over 2 Years After Being Fired From Hosting Gig After One Day [Video]

Mike Richards was on the top of the game show host world in August 2021, and just as quickly, it all came tumbling down. It’s been almost three years since Richards was fired from his gig as the permanent Jeopardy! host after the death of Alex Trebek, and the former producer is opening up about how it all went down.

Trebek died on Nov. 8, 2020 after a battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. The nine-time Emmy winner hosted the show for 40 years, throughout his cancer fight and all the way until his death at 80.

However, after hosting just “one day,” Richards stepped down from the podium upon receiving backlash for sexist comments he made in the past and for taking on the hosting gig, given that he was already an executive producer of the show.

“Everyone …