Mike Richards, executive producer of the long-running game show Jeopardy!, has announced that he would step down as host effective immediately.

The resignation comes after a report detailing Richards’s past misogynistic comments that surfaced earlier this week.

“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,” Richards said in a note to Jeopardy! staff on Friday. “As such, I will be stepping down as host effective immediately. As a result, we will be cancelling production today.”

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