Pointless presenter Richard Osman has announced that he is leaving his 'real job' after 20 years.
The 50-year-old shocked Pointless fans when he took to social media to reveal that he will be quitting his role at Endemol after two decades.
And despite deciding to quit his creative director role, the popular telly star reassured his fans that he has no intentions of leaving BBC One’s Pointless.
In his Twitter statement, Richard gushed over the TV giant where he kickstarted his career when he was 29.
He penned: “I've worked at Endemol since I was 29, but it's time for me to move on.
“Will still be doing Pointless/House Of Games and working with brilliant people there.”
Richard continued: “But also looking forward to creating new shows with new people.
“It's been a wonderful 20 years, and I will miss it very much.”
In a follow-up tweet, Richard poked fun at the fact many Pointless viewers never realised that he had a "real job" outside of the much-loved quiz show.
"I'm aware that people who think I'm a TV presenter didn't even know I had an actual, real job, but there we are," he joked.
Richard began working at TV giant Endemol in 1999 as the company's rather genius creative director.
The Essex-born star first broke into the TV and broadcasting industry in 1995 when he bagged the role of programme associate on Whose Line Is It Anyway?
From there, he went on to become an executive producer on an array of British game shows, including 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Deal Or No Deal.
He also worked on the hugely successful and family favourite show Total Wipeout for a number of years.
Since 2009, Richard has co-presented Pointless with host Alexander Armstrong.
He created the show where he is jokingly known as Armstrong's "pointless friend".
Having previously worked exclusively in behind-the-camera roles, Richard bagged the job as co-presenter/assistant when he pitched the idea for the show to a panel of BBC daytime heads, taking the role of the assistant in the demonstration.
This year he published his first novel, The Thursday Murder Club, which topped best seller lists.
