Television Ken Jennings Named First Interim Jeopardy! Host, Immediately Criticized for 6 Year-Old Tweet

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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/arts/television/jeopardy-ken-jennings-alex-trebek.html

Ken Jennings has been named the first of several interim hosts of Jeopardy! and will begin taping episodes next week. It is expected Jeopardy! will try out at least half a dozen guest hosts and will likely pick one as the permanent replacement for Alex Trebek following his death from complications with pancreatic cancer.

Within hours of being named Jeopardy! host, however, the internet did its' thing and found a six year old ill-advised tweet from the former Jeopardy! champion that is now being criticized and used as a call to have him not be named as interim host. The now deleted tweet from 2014 read "Nothing sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair" and has been criticized by many for being insensitive, calling for him to be fired and replaced.

 

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What the fuck is even that tweet
I think an attempt at humor. Joking is not PC. I am fairly certain this joke has been made in several movies as well. It is a stupid joke but people enjoying having XXL triggered dildos up their asses in 2020 is a common thing. I feel like these cancel culture people just wake up angry every morning. Like they start their day by stubbing their toe on purpose.
 

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I think an attempt at humor. Joking is not PC. I am fairly certain this joke has been made in several movies as well. It is a stupid joke but people enjoying having XXL triggered dildos up their asses in 2020 is a common thing. I feel like these cancel culture people just wake up angry every morning. Like they start their day by stubbing their toe on purpose.
A poor attempt since it was dry and had little substance. I mean, you could still date and have sex with a chick in a wheelchair...maybe I am just applying logic to it
 
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A poor attempt since it was dry and had little substance. I mean, you could still date and have sex with a chick in a wheelchair...maybe I am just applying logic to it
It goes both ways. Plenty of people are in relationships with people in wheelchairs. The joke itself is of poor quality because it isn't funny. To be outraged over it is stupid though.
 

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It goes both ways. Plenty of people are in relationships with people in wheelchairs. The joke itself is of poor quality because it isn't funny. To be outraged over it is stupid though.
Pretty much. I mean, he didn't say anything that would offensive like "I hate those Ninjas"
 

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I think an attempt at humor. Joking is not PC. I am fairly certain this joke has been made in several movies as well. It is a stupid joke but people enjoying having XXL triggered dildos up their asses in 2020 is a common thing. I feel like these cancel culture people just wake up angry every morning. Like they start their day by stubbing their toe on purpose.
...I'll never understand people enjoying things up their asses. Exit only, people!

A poor attempt since it was dry and had little substance. I mean, you could still date and have sex with a chick in a wheelchair...maybe I am just applying logic to it
I get the feeling he probably tweeted that after something on tv or in the media, like people who post random tweets that make no sense 24 hours after they would've been hilarious...except that's not hilarious even if it were put into some kind of context. But yeah, the offended generation of today found it, saw no context given and went apeshit, because that's what they do.
 
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