@hollywoodreporter
“Everyone was so angry because it looked like I had gone into a room and picked myself,” he told People. “And that’s not what happens in television, but I understood that that’s what the outward appearances were.”

Maybe that's not what happened, but it sure did LOOK like that's what happened, and Richards should have had the foresight and perspective to acknowledge that and say "Hey, maybe I'm not the right guy right now." That's why he makes (made?) the big bucks. #Jeopardy