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What Jeopardy! Host Ken Jennings Really Thinks of Show’s "Cringey" Contestant Interviews
Ken Jennings has hosted Jeopardy! since 2023 and works to improve contestant interviews, which he found cringey as a child and has done 75 times as a contestant, he said.
- On August 10, Ken Jennings revealed on the Lovett or Leave It podcast that he found the 'Jeopardy!' interviews 'so cringey' as a kid.
- The guest Q&A segment often interrupts prize-hungry contestants, with Jennings saying he tries to make it 'the least bad it can be' by wrapping interviews quickly.
- Now as host, Jennings tries his best to improve contestant interviews, joking “I try to make it the least bad it can be, and get out of there” in 25 seconds.
- Fellow champion Amy Schneider praised Ken Jennings’s hosting since 2023, noting his skill at engaging contestants.
- In addition, last month Jennings and actor Matt Damon won $1 million on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for Water.org, as Season 42 prepares to premiere on September 8.
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