Jeopardy! Will Replace Alex Trebek With Two Hosts

Ken Jennings is going done immoderate increasing pains.

The caller Jeopardy! big experienced his archetypal large mistake portion hosting the beloved trivia amusement Sept. 13.

It each went down erstwhile contestant Luigi de Guzman answered a question from the "Cons" category. A coating of a grassy tract appeared on-screen with the prompt, "Here's a emblematic 19th-century scenery by this British painter."

Luigi was the quickest to react, hitting his buzzer and replying, "What is Constant?"

Ken asked him to "say it again," after which Luigi corrected himself, responding, "Sorry, who is Constable?"

However, aboriginal successful the game, when contestant Harriet Wagner answered, "Who is Angela LeGuin—sorry, Ursula LeGuin," Ken did not judge her answer. His explanation? "Yes, Harriet, you remembered that her sanction was Ursula, but I had already begun ruling against you erstwhile you began correcting yourself."

Another added, "Anyone other ticker @Jeopardy contiguous and deliberation Ken was egregiously inconsistent with his rulings connected answers by Luigi and Harriet?"

Luigi has since addressed the backlash connected Twitter, sharing that helium thinks Ken could've handled the concern otherwise and apologized to Harriet. "If I had been successful Ken's shoes, I astir apt would person chopped Luigi disconnected *brusquely* and moved on. But Ken hesitated, and successful the moment, I saw him hesitate, and I kept talking," the champ tweeted. "The regularisation ended up connected my side, but looking astatine it cold, I spot however it could person ended up differently."

He continued, "If I'd person been Ken, I'd person either chopped some of america off, oregon hesitated some times. But that wasn't the broadside of the signifier I was connected on the day, and it took a large woody of separation successful clip and abstraction for maine to ticker it and spot it."

Luigi went connected to stock that helium and Harriet person discussed the result of the crippled and are connected bully terms. "I particularly privation to outcry retired @Harriett4332263's grace here," helium said. "I've pinged her astir this, and she has shown maine the grace befitting a large litigator. That means a batch to me, and I truly admit it."

As for Harriet, she came to Ken's defense, tweeting, "Leave Ken alone!!!! He's my main antheral ( but for my hubby) and has to enactment successful existent clip the aforesaid arsenic the contestants. He's doing a large job."

This was Ken's archetypal week arsenic the big of Jeopardy play 39, which he'll big done the extremity of the year. Then, travel 2023, co-host Mayim Bialik will emcee Celebrity Jeopardy! and the Jeopardy! National College Championship.