Jeopardy champion Brian Henegar will donate a portion of his earnings to the Anti-Defamation League following hateful comments about his appearance.
On Tuesday night’s episode, Henegar beat Crystal Zhao and Amanda Bain Wysocki, correctly answering “John Grisham” in Final Jeopardy. He earned $23,200.
However, he went viral for a different reason when viewers poked fun at his appearance on social media, comparing him to Adolf Hitler.
Henegar spoke out on Twitter, saying those who mocked his appearance were “a bunch of jerks.”
Right now I’m feeling every emotion under the sun reliving my Jeopardy! appearance. And I’m seeing what a bunch of Jerks on Twitter are doing because all they can focus on my looks… So I’m going to be leaving Twitter for a while, see you soon
— Brian Henegar (@JepMasta) April 5, 2023
The Jeopardy champion then chose to leave the social media platform.
When a user wrote,...
On Tuesday night’s episode, Henegar beat Crystal Zhao and Amanda Bain Wysocki, correctly answering “John Grisham” in Final Jeopardy. He earned $23,200.
However, he went viral for a different reason when viewers poked fun at his appearance on social media, comparing him to Adolf Hitler.
Henegar spoke out on Twitter, saying those who mocked his appearance were “a bunch of jerks.”
Right now I’m feeling every emotion under the sun reliving my Jeopardy! appearance. And I’m seeing what a bunch of Jerks on Twitter are doing because all they can focus on my looks… So I’m going to be leaving Twitter for a while, see you soon
— Brian Henegar (@JepMasta) April 5, 2023
The Jeopardy champion then chose to leave the social media platform.
When a user wrote,...
- 4/7/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
After being compared to Adolf Hitler by multiple viewers, Jeopardy!‘s current champion, Brian Henegar, deactivated his Twitter account on Tuesday. Henegar, who is from Tennessee and works at Pilot Flying J truck stop, dominated the Monday episode and claimed victory over the previous champion, Crystal Zhao, with a staggering $23,201 in winnings. However, despite his success, Henegar was still subject to online harassment. “Brian was so excited when he won, he caused quite a führer,” one fan tweeted. “Okay, this Brian guy on #Jeopardy is channeling some Hitler vibes with his look,” another person remarked. After more than a few similar responses, Henegar said he would leave the site. Right now I’m feeling every emotion under the sun reliving my Jeopardy! appearance. And I’m seeing what a bunch of Jerks on Twitter are doing because all they can focus on my looks… So I’m going to be leaving Twitter for a while,...
- 4/6/2023
- TV Insider
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the April 4 episode of Jeopardy!] Tech consultant Crystal Zhao was able to guess her way into victory following the April 3 episode, only to face yet another difficult Final Jeopardy in today’s episode of Jeopardy!. But just like then, someone was able to guess the answer correctly, and they gave an emotional response. Returning champion Crystal, an expert Ikea builder, was joined by Amanda Bain Wysocki, a social worker who enjoys Oscar’s fantasy leagues, and Brian Henegar, a guest service agent and annual Jeopardy Christmas host around the holiday. Each went into Double Jeopardy with $4,000, $3,000, and $4,400, respectively. If @Ikeausa makes it, she can build it Crystal Zhao plays Tonight on #Jeopardy! pic.twitter.com/v1rhhy2Usa — Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) April 4, 2023 However, Crystal doubled her score by answering the Video Daily Doubly correctly, raising her score to $8,800 against Brian’s lead of $9,200. “I mean, yeah, I guess, why not, let’s just, the ...
- 4/4/2023
- TV Insider
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