Even the greatest of all times can sometimes misunderstand it. Jeopardy’s! Ken Jennings – who won the match’s tournament earlier this year to determine the best danger! champion of all time – has issued a tweeted stream of apologies for insensitive posts on social media he has made in the past.
Jennings’ tweeted apologies come as he prepares to start his run as the first Jeopardy! host to follow years of Jeopardy! master of ceremonies Alex Trebek, who passed away earlier this year after a period of 36 years.
Jennings’s Hosting Duties at Jeopardy! begins on January 11th. The search for a permanent host continues.
The tweets that gave rise to the apologies related to comments Jennings made in 2014 when he posted: ‘Nothing sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair.’
When someone made the remark again in 2018, Jennings responded on Twitter, saying: ‘I never hit an audience for this, but I personally apologized for angry / hurting people who reached out in person. It was a joke that was so inappropriate that it meant something completely different in my head [and] I regret the able reading of it. ”
Jennings also made several bad taste jokes on social media about a Star Wars fan, an 11-year-old Barron Trump, an elderly grandmother in mourning.
Today’s apology stream:
Hey, I just wanted the fact that over the years I definitely tweeted undoubted and insensitive things on Twitter. Sometimes they worked as jokes in my head and I was shocked to see them reading on the screen. 1 / x
– Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) 30 December 2020
In the past, I usually left bad tweets behind, just so there could be thought. At least they can lead to clever answers and even advocacy. Deleting it feels like washing a bug. 2 / x
– Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) 30 December 2020
But I think the practice gave the impression that I stood by every failed joke I posted here. Not at all! 3 / x
– Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) 30 December 2020
Sometimes I say stupid things in a dumb way and I want to apologize to people who (rightly!) Are offended. It was not my intention to hurt anyone, but it does not matter: I messed up and am sorry. 4 / x
– Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) 30 December 2020
If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that we need to be kinder to each other. I look forward to going to 2021 with that in mind. 5 / x
– Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) 30 December 2020