Ken Jennings took an surprising jab at Jeopardy! in relation to their host choice. The swipe got here after Pope Francis‘ loss of life, and somebody instructed they decide the brand new pope like they decide sport present hosts. Pope Francis died on the age of 88 on Monday, April 21, in Vatican Metropolis. Based on the Vatican, the pontiff died of a cerebral stroke that led to a coma and irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse. After a pope dies, a brand new one is voted on by the cardinals of the Catholic Church.
Government Producer of John Oliver‘s Final Week Tonight, Tim Carvell, posted on BlueSky on Monday April 21, after he discovered of the pope’s loss of life. “I’m simply saying, possibly attempt a rotating solid of movie star Cardinals every doing it for every week till you discover the one you want,” he wrote.
This was in reference to Jeopardy!, when after Alex Trebek‘s loss of life, the sport present had rotating hosts, till they settled on Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik after which finally simply Jennings.
Musical comedic duo Paul and Storm quoted Carvell’s submit, including, “Sadly, the chief producer of the Vatican simply appointed himself the brand new pope.”
Jennings resposted the dialog to his account. After Paul and Storm noticed that the Jeopardy! nice reshared their submit, they shared a screenshot of his repost. “Mission completed,” they wrote above it.
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“How may I not?” Jennings replied.
In June 2023, Jeopardy! champion James Holzhauer mocked the present’s host fiasco. On the day it was introduced that Ryan Seacrest could be the brand new host of Wheel of Fortune, Holzhauer tweeted about Jeopardy! having two hosts and the drawn out course of to select one.
“Wheel of Fortune went about this all fallacious. First you topic the contestants and viewers to an infinite parade of temps who don’t put together earlier than internet hosting. Then the producer accountable for the search says ‘Truly, *I* could be the right host.’ Then ‘jk we’ve two hosts now’,” he tweeted.
Followers had been fast to agree with Holzhauer in his Twitter feed.