‘Jeopardy!’ names Ken Jennings as guest host. Just 1 day later, cancel culture comes for him over a 6-year-old tweet. – IOTW Report

‘Jeopardy!’ names Ken Jennings as guest host. Just 1 day later, cancel culture comes for him over a 6-year-old tweet.

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Blaze: Former “Jeopardy!” champion — and newly announced guest host — Ken Jennings is facing cancel culture after a questionable 2014 tweet of his resurfaced, sparking outrage on the internet.

Jennings currently holds the record for the longest winning streak at 74 of any contestant on the show.

On Monday, the show announced Jennings as one of production’s guest hosts.

As highlighted by Decider, Jennings in 2014 tweeted, “Nothing sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair.”

In 2018, he issued an apology for the remarks, saying, “I never did a public flogging for this but I did apologize personally to angry/hurt people who reached out to me personally. It was a joke so inept that it meant something very different in my head & I regret the ableist plain reading of it.” more

17 Comments on ‘Jeopardy!’ names Ken Jennings as guest host. Just 1 day later, cancel culture comes for him over a 6-year-old tweet.

  1. Can and will someone PLEASE explain to this “bitter old white man” why anyone still watches that crap anyway? Are they the same people who believe “Reality TV Shows” are real??

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  2. Pick a host who’s not full of themselves. The show was always the attraction, the insecure host was a distraction.

    I say VANNA WHITE. She can go from flipping cards to reading them. I seriously doubt that holding those answer cards would make her insult the intelligent contestants.

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  3. systematically confused,
    I can’t speak for anyone else, but I like “Jeopardy” because it’s the only intelligent game show anywhere outside of MENSA. And no, it’s not a reality show. It’s not supposed to be.

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