Even the greatest of all can get it wrong sometimes. Danger! Legend Ken Jennings – From earlier this year Won the games show championship To identify the best champion ever – He released a batch of tweets on Twitter apologizing for his insensitive social media posts in the past.
Jennings’ apologies come on Twitter as he prepares Start his career As the first Danger! Host to follow Jeopardy long ago! Master of Ceremonies Alex Trebeek who He passed away in November After 36 years in business.
The Jennings Hosting Tasks Danger! It will start on January 11th. The search for a permanent host is ongoing.
The tweets that elicited apologies relate to comments made by Jennings in 2014, when he posted: „Nothing is more sad than a sexy person in a wheelchair.”
When someone retweeted that comment in 2018, Jennings responded on Twitter, saying, “I haven’t publicly flogged this comment, but I have personally apologized for getting angry / harming people who have personally reached out. It was such an incompetent joke that it meant something completely different in my head [and] I’m sorry for the clear reading of that. „
Jennings has also made several infamous jokes on social media regarding a star Wars Fan, 11-year-old Barron Trump, elderly grandmother in mourning.
Stream apology today:
Hey, I just wanted to admit to the fact that over the years on Twitter, I’ve definitely tweeted about some insensitive and insensitive things. Sometimes they acted as jokes in my head and I was just horrified to see how they read on screen. 1 / s
Ken Jennings December 30, 2020
In the past, I would usually leave bad Tweets to get spammed. This way at least it can lead to smart and even advocacy responses. Deleting it looked like a bleaching mistake. 2 / o
Ken Jennings December 30, 2020
But I think this practice has given the impression that I stand by every failed joke that I posted here. Absolutely! 3 x
Ken Jennings December 30, 2020
Sometimes I’ve been saying stupid things in a way and want to apologize to people who were offended (really!). It wasn’t my intention to hurt anyone, but it didn’t matter: I screwed up, and I’m really sorry. 4 S
Ken Jennings December 30, 2020
If 2020 teaches us anything, it is that we should be kinder to each other. I look forward to 2021 with that in mind. 5 / S.
Ken Jennings December 30, 2020
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