{"id":144481,"date":"2020-12-31T00:31:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T21:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jeopardy-star-ken-jennings-sorry-for-insensitive-tweets\/"},"modified":"2020-12-31T00:31:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T21:31:52","slug":"jeopardy-star-ken-jennings-sorry-for-insensitive-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jeopardy-star-ken-jennings-sorry-for-insensitive-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"#’Jeopardy!’ star Ken Jennings sorry for ‘insensitive’ tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#’Jeopardy!’ star Ken Jennings sorry for ‘insensitive’ tweets<\/strong>”
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Did someone finally get the GOAT\u2019s goat?<\/p>\n

\u201cJeopardy!\u201d champ Ken Jennings has taken to Twitter<\/a> to apologize for previous \u201cinsensitive\u201d content he shared to the platform.<\/p>\n

In a thread posted Wednesday afternoon, Jennings, 46, wrote a mea culpa for past jokes he tweeted, expressing regret for \u201cdumb things\u201d in his social media past.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, I just wanted to own up to the fact that over the years on Twitter, I\u2019ve definitely tweeted some unartful and insensitive things,\u201d he wrote in the five-part thread<\/a>. \u201cSometimes they worked as jokes in my head and I was dismayed to see how they read on screen.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past, I\u2019d usually leave bad tweets up just so they could be dunked on. At least that way they could lead to smart replies and even advocacy. Deleting them felt like whitewashing a mistake,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut I think that practice may have given the impression I stand by every failed joke I\u2019ve ever posted here. Not at all!\u201d<\/p>\n

Presumably, he was referencing a now-deleted 2014 post<\/a> that read, \u201cNothing sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair,\u201d which caught the ire of Twitter users in 2018 and led to him expressing<\/a> \u201cregret\u201d after a \u201cpublic flogging.\u201d And in 2015, he joked about a \u201cStar Wars\u201d fan \u2014 who had terminal cancer \u2014 who went to see the franchise entry \u201cThe Force Awakens\u201d before he died. \u201cIt can\u2019t be a good sign that every fan who has seen the new Star Wars movie died shortly thereafter,\u201d Jennings wrote at the time. <\/p>\n

In Wednesday\u2019s tweets, Jennings seemed ready to move on ahead of his new gig: Next week he will start as a fill-in for \u201cJeopardy!\u201d host Alex Trebek, who died of pancreatic cancer<\/a> at age 80 in November.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I said dumb things in a dumb way and I want to apologize to people who were (rightfully!) offended,\u201d he continued in his apology. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t my intention to hurt anyone, but that doesn\u2019t matter: I screwed up, and I\u2019m truly sorry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf 2020 has taught us anything, it\u2019s that we should be kinder to one another,\u201d he added, finishing with, \u201cI look forward to heading into 2021 with that in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

While some fans app<\/a>lauded him for \u201cowning his s\u2013t\u201d<\/a> via the thread, others saw it simply as an opportune time to express regret, with one person suggesting<\/a>, \u201cThe preemptive apology for old tweets before getting the Jeopardy gig. Smart,\u201d and another asking<\/a>, \u201cis this step 1 of formally accepting the jeopardy gig?\u201d<\/p>\n

Neither Jennings \u2014 who was crowned the \u201cGreatest of All Time\u201d player on \u201cJeopardy!\u201d early this year \u2014 nor any other celeb has been confirmed as a permanent replacement for Trebek, whose final shows will air from Jan. 4 to 8. However, a number of names have been floated as possibilities, including ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos, who earlier this year said the job would be \u201cfun.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n