Mike Richards is in advanced negotiations to become permanent host of “Jeopardy!” made headlines coast to coast on Wednesday.
But in what has become a familiar pattern for public figures, older incidents of questionable actions from his past quickly became a hot topic of conversation on social media.Richards, a game show veteran who is already executive producer of “Jeopardy!” and its companion series “Wheel of Fortune,” was named among the defendants in multiple discrimination lawsuits filed during his 10-year run as executive producer of the “The Price Is Right.”One brought by former “Price Is Right” model Brandi Cochran in 2010 accused Richards of firing her because she had become pregnant and had a difficult pregnancy.