“Jeopardy!” game show host quits after comments about Jews surface

The host of the American game show, “Jeopardy!”, has quit after his comments about Jewish people have surfaced.

Mike Richards, the executive producer of “Jeopardy!” who was touted to become the show’s daily host, decided to step down from the role on Friday after inflammatory comments he made on the “The Randumb Show” podcast came to light.

Mr Richards, who hosted the podcast in 2013 and 2014, at one point was reportedly speaking about noses and said: “Ixnay on the ose-nay” and “She’s not an ew-Jay.” This is “Pig-Latin” for “Nix on the nose, she’s not a Jew.”

It was alleged that Mr Richards also made derogatory comments about women, Haiti, homeless people and people with disabilities.

In a statement on Friday, Mr Richards said: “Over the last several days it has become clear that moving forward as host would be too much of a distraction for our fans and not the right move for the show. As such, I will be stepping down as host effective immediately.

“I want to apologise to each of you for the unwanted negative attention that has come to Jeopardy! over the last few weeks and for the confusion and delays this is now causing. I know I have a lot of work to do to regain your trust and confidence.”

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