Chris Hardwick's roles as both host of Talking Dead and Talking With Chris Hardwick have been reinstated by AMC a month after the actor was accused of sexual misconduct. While his ex-girlfriend, Chloe Dykstra, did not name Hardwick in her essay about a sexually abusive relationship , readers pieced together the details. Hardwick denied the accusations shortly after the essay went viral, saying that "at no time did I sexually assault" Dykstra, but AMC announced they would hold episodes of his shows pending an investigation. That investigation is now complete.