Spoilers forward for the September 15 collection premiere of Celeb Weakest Hyperlink on Fox, accessible streaming subsequent day with a Hulu subscription.
Jane Lynch repeatedly roasts contestants in episodes of The Weakest Hyperlink, and the collection premiere of Celeb Weakest Hyperlink within the 2025 TV schedule proved that well-known gamers aren’t exempt from the shade both. Fox delivered one thing particular to kick off the movie star incarnation of the hit recreation present by recruiting no fewer than eight of Lynch’s former Glee costars to take part, and there have been puns and in-jokes galore for any Glee fan to get pleasure from.
My favourite bits of the episode really got here very early on, nevertheless, with Lynch channeling her inside Sue Sylvester to roast an actor for trying fairly outdated when enjoying an adolescent and one other actor botching an easy query. The solid members who participated have been Max Adler (Karofsky), Becca Tobin (Kitty), Alex Newell (Distinctive), Chord Overstreet Sam), Heather Morris (Brittany), Amber Riley (Mercedes), Dot-Marie Jones (Coach Beast), and Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina).
Max Adler Regarded Too Previous For Excessive College
Provided that this Glee reunion was on a recreation present for charity, Jane Lynch in fact did not convey up the controversy surrounding Lea Michele on set or the passing of Naya Rivera, however as a substitute poked principally mild enjoyable on the collection, together with that point the characters did the “Gangnam Fashion” dance, each unlucky time that Will Schuester rapped, and Max Adler as Dave Karofsky. Shortly earlier than Adler was confirmed as the primary Glee elimination of Celeb Weakest Hyperlink, he had this alternate with the host:
- Jane Lynch: “Can I simply say you have been the oldest-looking junior in highschool? I imply, you have been like shaving two occasions a day again then.”
- Max Adler: “Oh yeah, they have been filling within the bald spot. It was a complete factor.”
- Jane Lynch: “Properly, I am uninterested in this topic now.”
Admittedly, this wasn’t essentially the most brutal roast in Weakest Hyperlink historical past (or delivered by Jane Lynch to a Glee solid member), however I simply admire her saying what I at all times thought again within the day. Teen reveals usually solid actors who’re already properly out of highschool to allow them to work full days, however Glee actually did not appear to attempt to exhausting to search out actors who may go for 16-year-olds.
Now, Max Adler wasn’t really the oldest actor to play a excessive schooler on Glee. Born in 1986, his first episode of the Fox hit aired in 2009, so he was 23 when he debuted as Dave Karofsky. Cory Monteith (who tragically died earlier than turning 40), Mark Crusing, and Harry Shum Jr. have been all born in 1982, whereas Diana Agron, Lea Michele, Amber Riley, Jenna Ushkowitz, and Becca Tobin have been all born in ’86 like Adler. The Karofsky actor simply wasn’t fairly in a position to promote enjoying a excessive schooler was properly as a few of his costars.
Adler appeared to take the ribbing all in good enjoyable, and appeared extra irritated that he was eradicated first after flubbing a Friday Night time Lights query. Not less than he can take consolation in figuring out that wasn’t essentially the most memorable incorrect reply of the Glee reunion episode of Celeb Weakest Hyperlink!
Becca Tobin Is No Rooster Wing Knowledgeable
These contestants weren’t invited onto Celeb Weakest Hyperlink for being culinary specialists, however I feel Becca Tobin’s try and reply a query about Buffalo wings will nonetheless go down as one of many funniest moments of the whole episode. Jane Lynch requested the actress this:
True or False: To be referred to as Buffalo wings, they need to include at the least 51 p.c buffalo.
I initially thought that Tobin was fortunate to get one of many best questions of the primary spherical… till she responded with “True?” Jane Lynch regarded like she was on the verge of a dropping a non-Fox-approved four-letter phrase in response, and Chord Overstreet and Dot-Marie Jones each had nice reactions. Everyone had a superb chuckle once more when Lynch introduced it up later, and I’ve to credit score Tobin’s epically incorrect reply for making me snort out loud.
Becca Tobin flubbed one other straightforward query within the subsequent spherical, to the purpose that she even stated “Oh my god!” at herself for getting it incorrect. Like Max Adler, she took it in good enjoyable when she acquired some warmth for not figuring out that Buffalo wings are 100% rooster and 0% rooster, and Amber Riley went on to win the episode. This continued her streak of doing properly on TV competitions, after profitable Dancing with the Stars Season 17 again in 2013 and The Masked Singer Season 8 in 2022, which she described as “such a useful expertise.”
For those who missed the episode and need to test it out or now are within the temper to observe these stars again of their Glee days, you’ll find each reveals streaming with a Hulu subscription in addition to Glee by way of a Disney+ subscription.