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Followers are up in arms after Celeb Jeopardy!’s controversial Sunday episode.
In the event you haven’t heard, John Michael Higgins and Wil Wheaton competed in opposition to comic Joel Kim Booster (pictured in the proper inset, above) throughout the episode’s semifinal spherical, when a particularly insensitive Brian Laundrie trace was given. Host Mayim Bialik learn the clue from the “A Listing” class, the place all solutions embrace the letter A.
It was:
“In 2021 Fugitive Brian Laundrie Ended His Days Fla.’s Myakkahatchee Creek Space, House to These Lengthy & Toothy Critters.”
Booster shortly responded, “What are alligators?” which was certainly right, earlier than Bialik moved on to the following subject with out pondering twice. As you doubtless know, Gabby Petito was killed by Laundrie final 12 months whereas on a highway journey, earlier than he retired to Florida the place he in the end died by suicide in an environmental park.
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We all know this present is meant to be culturally related, however there’s positively a line between staying recent and being downright insensitive. Followers shortly took situation, writing issues like:
“That is probably the most tasteless and insensitive reply I’ve ever seen on any Jeopardy! What the hell had been they pondering? Making mild of that tragic scenario is repugnant. Rattling.”
“THIS, that is past offensive. It’s appalling & fully insensitive, to not point out completely pointless. Disgrace on, @Jeopardy.”
They couldn’t consider another trace for the phrase “alligator”??? Completely loopy and out of bounds! What are YOUR ideas? Ought to the present apologize to Gabby’s household for even bringing this up? Tell us within the feedback (under).
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