Jeopardy!’s Ken Jennings bashed for liking ‘offensive’ tweet about Justin & Hailey Bieber after ‘insensitive’ past jokes
JEOPARDY! host Ken Jennings liked an offensive tweet about Justin and Hailey Bieber and fans were quick to bash him.
The host liking the offensive tweet comes after he apologized for past "insensitive" jokes.
It kicked off when a Twitter user posted a photo of the couple on the red carpet with the caption: "Lesbian couple in Williamsburg."
Justin was wearing a bright beanie, an oversized suit jacket, a white tank, slacks, and platform crocs.
Meanwhile, Hailey wore a straight, strapless white dress, which reached the floor.
The tweet gained over 32k likes and 1.5k retweets.
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Fans noticed that Ken liked the tweet, and even though many of the comments were making fun of their outfits, he was scolded for it due to his past.
A user put the tweet on the platform, which has now been deleted, with the caption, "Yikes... Ken liked this tweet."
TOO FAR
Commenters were quick to jump on the host about the insulting like.
"There is plenty to make fun of with that suit- no need to insult the LGBTQ community and the comment is not even funny, not sure why Ken would bother giving this trash quip a like," someone wrote.
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Other users said that the host liking the tweet was "really offensive" and "not cool."
Fans of the couple didn't hold back when slamming the 47-year-old.
REPEAT OFFENDER
Ken has been under fire before for tweets he put out in the past.
Just as he was about to become interim host of the popular game show, fans dug up old tweets in 2020 of Ken's, which caused a delay in picking a permanent one.
The 2014 tweet in question read: "Nothing sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair."
He owned up completely to his mistakes and apologized, saying: "I just wanted to own up to the fact that over the years on Twitter, I've definitely tweeted some un-artful and insensitive things."
He continued: "Sometimes they worked as jokes in my head and I was dismayed to see how they read on screen."
Adding: "In the past, I'd 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."
Ken went on to say that he screwed up and was sorry to everyone who was rightfully offended.
He has also tweeted about a terminally ill Star Wars fan who saw The Force Awakens before he died in 2015, and one that mocked former President Donald Trump's son Barron in 2011.
Both have since been deleted.
KEN OR MAYIM?
Since Alex Trebek's death, Jeopardy! has yet to find a permanent host, with many celebrities and past contestants filling in as guests.
Ken, Mayim Bialik, Mike Richards, and others had all been guest hosts.
If anyone had to replace Alex, fans would want it to be Levar Burton, the Reading Rainbow alum and Roots actor.
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He was the third most popular choice after Ken and Mike.
But ultimately, the show announced that Ken and Mayim would split hosting duties for 2022, and then a final decision would be made.
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