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Sep 22, 2017 · Learn how and why Richard Dawson started kissing female contestants on Family Feud, and how it led to his marriage with Gretchen Johnson. Find out how he met his second wife, who was 24 years younger than him, and how he stopped kissing on the show.
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Jan 10, 2024 · Speaking to the Television Academy in 2010, Richard Dawson said he began the habit of kissing female contestants on "Family Feud" early in the run after one woman struggled with nerves and couldn't think of an answer.
Apr 29, 2021 · According to Showbiz Cheat Sheet, one of Dawson's producers estimated he'd kissed 20,000 women during his reign as host of "Family Feud." Richard Dawson was the first host of the game show 'Family Feud,' and if you were a female contestant on the show, you were going to get a kiss.
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Long before Steve Harvey hosted Family Feud, Richard Dawson put the show on the map. After appearing in Hogan’s Heroes as Corporal Peter Newkirk in the 1960s and as a panelist on Match Gamein the early ’70s, Dawson jumped at the chance to host his own game show. Dawson began hosting Family Feudin 1976, and the show ran for nine seasons. After the s...
In April 2020, people around the world were discovering classic shows like Dawson’s version of Family Feudfor the first time when they were stuck at home at the start of the pandemic. Dawson’s name started trending on Twitter in the middle of April because new viewers were shocked by his kisses. The Twitter outrage began when an edited clip of Daws...
Dawson had no problem with kissing the female contestants on Family Feud, but ABC wasn’t happy with the practice when it began. When the network told him to stop, Dawson refused. He then asked Family Feudviewers if he should stop, and the response was overwhelming. The audience made it clear that they loved the kisses. During his final appearance o...
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Sep 26, 2017 · Dawson started kissing female contestants on the cheeks and hands and even the lips within the first few weeks of the show.
Jun 19, 2020 · Ladies' man Richard Dawson kissing contestants on the Family Feud. The kissing started with a single, elderly woman who was a contestant on the show. She was very nervous, so, to calm...
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Richard Dawson brought his own flair to 'Family Feud' by kissing female contestants. Learn the reason why and reexplore those moments.
