JEOPARDY! host Mayim Bialik was forced to pay back a new player Monday after admitting to a huge on-air blunder.
Rideshare driver Ryan Long cruised to a historic 12th win, but not before the shocking moment.
Jeopardy!’s Mayim Bialik incorrectly snubbed a player and in a rare blunder, re-payed him shortly after
Mayim, 46, is hosting Jeopardy! for the fourth week in a row, returning after alum Ken Jennings’ prior three weeks at the helm and announcement he’d be out for “months.”
“I’m handing the keys back to the talented actor-producer-writer-director (!) Mayim Bialik for a few months,” the fan-favorite surprisingly tweeted, adding, “We are lucky to have her! I’ll be back before the end of the season.”
The permanent hosting slot is still on the board and will be decided by the end of Season 38 in July 2022.
Tonight Philadelphia, Pennsylvania native Ryan rang in his 12th straight win with $226 total and is now on the leaderboard of legends – but not before something even rarer happened under host Mayim.
Fans are loving Ryan’s big personality, big bets, and quietly quirky Q&A stories since arriving two Fridays ago.
During his first Q&A, the contestant pumped out an Arnold Schwarzenegger impression.
Since then, he’s shared he grew up watching the storied show with his mom, who thought “Alex Trebek was so handsome.”
He also shared he once worked on an “Amish farm,” then noting, “People are gonna think I’m weird with all these stories.”
The broad-shouldered bet-maker also sweetly recanted he once fostered “four baby kittens” and “bottle-fed them” before his mom adopted them – he also has an eight-year-old son who made his bead necklace.
Ryan has indeed made some bold bets, he’s bet a huge $8000 on Daily Doubles multiple games last week as one fan on Twitter praised his gameplay, “8k Daily Double again. Nice bet Ryan.”
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