Jeopardy!’s Mayim Bialik slammed for ‘assisting’ contestant as fans say she’s ‘unfit’ to host show
JEOPARDY! fans have slammed Mayim Bialik for “ASSISTING” a contestant Friday.
The actress shockingly allowed a “technically incorrect” response, some said, as others fumed she’s “unfit” to host.
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Mayim, 46, is hosting Jeopardy! this week, returning after Ken Jennings’ three weeks at the helm and shocking announcement he’d be out for “MONTHS.”
As Ken announced on Twitter this week: “I’m handing the keys back to the talented actor-producer-writer-director (!) Mayim Bialik for a few months.”
“We are lucky to have her! Thanks for watching, and I’ll be back before the end of the season.”
The permanent host will be decided in July at the end of Season 38 – but May 13th’s game saw a shocking moment that had fans missing Ken already.
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During the regular Jeopardy round, the category was, interestingly enough “Red (Taylor’s Version.)
The clue did not have to do with singer Taylor Swift, but it did have many seeing red.
It regarded actor Taylor Momsen – the category having to do with different “Taylors” – who voiced 2000’s “How The Grinch Stole Christmas.”
Center podium’s Marie Shaprio, calmly buzzed in with “What is: The Grinch?”
‘INCORRECT RESPONSE’
Fans were pretty surprised Mayim rewarded her the points, as “The Grinch” would have seemed to refer to a 2018 film, not Taylor Momsen’s.
Ken and the Big Bang Theory alum started filling in for the legendary Alex Trebek after his tragic passing and a fleet of Season 37 celebrity guest hosts.
Fans were instantly stunned by the sudden departure from the show’s Greatest of All Time champion as many want him to take over instead.
One wrote: “For a few months? Guess I won’t be watching for that long, then.”
Even most recent streak-holder Mattea Roach – now the show’s fifth longest-consecutive winner ever -stated after her run she wanted Ken to take over.
“As a contestant, there is something really special about being onstage with the greatest player of all time,” the 23-year-old told Vulture about the respected figure.
Mayim has also had a few unfortunate banter blunders with contestants this week, fans felt.
On Tuesday, a contestant explained in the Q&A round that they helped implement a new way for kids to be tested for autism with saliva instead of a prick of blood.
Mayim, who is a neuroscientist, replied to the contestant’s earnest research story with a joke: “Glad to hear spitting in a tube went better than taking blood,” the host bluntly said.
