Jeopardy! raised some eyebrows by taking direct intention at newly-minted recreation present host Travis Kelce.
“Are You Smarter Than a Celeb? is hosted by this man who’s perhaps extra well-known as a BF than a 3-time Tremendous Bowl champ,” a solution learn through the Wednesday, November 6, episode.
The $200 clue was rapidly answered accurately, which drew some robust responses on social media.
“Jeopardy was NASTY with travis kelce right now,” one viewer posted by way of X. One other wrote, “Jeopardy with some Travis Kelce shade tonight.”
Travis, 35, made his debut because the host of Prime Video’s Are You Smarter Than a Celeb? final month, which options contestants counting on a classroom stuffed with celebrities to reply questions on a variety of matters pulled from elementary college curriculum in an effort to win a $100,000 prize.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. TheStewartofNY/GC Pictures
Earlier this yr, Travis’ brother, Jason Kelce, made a shock look on an episode of Jeopardy! Masters. Jason, 37, learn the clues from a class titled “The World Revolves Round Jason Kelce,” which included him reciting the lyrics to Salt-N-Pepa’s track “Push It,” a reference to the Philadelphia Eagles iconic Tush Push.
“I used to be a key a part of our quarterback sneak often known as the Tush Push,” Kelce stated in a pre-recorded video. “So I all the time smile knowingly once I hear their track, ‘Ah, push it, push it good. Ah, push it, push it actual good.’”
Ken Jennings on ‘Jeopardy!’ DISNEY/Eric McCandless
After the episode aired in Might, Travis gushed about his older brother’s line supply on their “New Heights” podcast.
“It’s flawless execution,” Travis stated.
Travis requested Jason if he had any enter within the clues themselves — which additionally included one referencing his daughters Wyatt, 5, Ellie, 3, and Bennett, 20 months — for his huge recreation present cameo.
“Zero,” Jason stated. “I simply repeated like a parrot what the wonderful folks at Jeopardy! informed me to say. They got here by and we recorded it in a single afternoon. They made it very straightforward.”
As for Travis’ internet hosting gig on Are You Smarter Than a Celeb?, his relationship with Swift, 34, additionally managed to infiltrate the present. After a contestant accurately managed to guess the stage identify of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (Girl Gaga, for the file), comic Natasha Leggero made a rapid addendum on the October 23 episode.
“We love Girl Gaga, however we don’t love her as a lot as every other blonde singers,” Leggero, 50, stated. “There are another blonde singers that we like greater than Girl Gaga.”
Travis laughed and stated, “I should agree with you on that. I do concur.”
New episodes of Are You Smarter Than a Celeb? drop Wednesdays on Prime Video.