"Danger!" Champion James Holzhauer said the recent winner "should obtain a life ban"

Holzhauer rang on the controversy surrounding the three -day Yogesh Raut champion.


One of the most addictive aspects of watching Danger! Seeing how far a reigning champion can go. Some of the most famous Danger! legends Include the current host Ken Jennings , which holds the record of 74 victories; Brad Rutter , who has the greatest gains of all time; and James Holzhauer , which holds the winning record in a single match. These statistics are certainly impressive, but recent winner YOGESH RAUT - which won three games earlier this month - These distinctions are not all they are cracked. Now Holzhauer calls for a "life ban" from the show. Read the rest to find out more about this Danger! controversial.

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Raut certainly caused a sensation.

yogesh raut on jeopardy
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Raut had a brief sequence of victories on Danger! Episodes from January 11 to January 16, but after his initial triumph, he went to Facebook to broadcast his grievances on the game.

"Please Do not mistake yourself What I'm going to say: "Raut wrote on January 12." I have established myself as belonging to the upper level of writers / publishers / bloggers / podcasters of the quiz community. However, today, I will receive the most attention, praise, congratulations and nasty fishing of foreigners (!) Of my life ... and for what? What did I do to get the biggest pay check for my quiz career? I beat two guys. ""

Raut said he was not trying to attack his competitive colleagues, but that Danger! It is not really a question of "level of competence" and is in fact "a glorified reality TV program". He continued by saying that the series is made for entertainment, and should therefore not be treated as "the Quiz Olympic Games".

He goes further, saying that the problem is the "centrality of American society" of the quiz and affirming that it prohibits "culture of healthy quiz" from prospering.

"'Danger!' is a fun television program, but putting it on a pedestal is a bad thing objectively, "wrote Raut. "It's bad for the future of the quiz. It is bad for women and the POC [people of color] who want to be treated with the same levels of dignity as their white male counterparts."

Holzhauer responded to Raut's criticism.

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Fans were already quite upset by the driving of Raut during the series, including his "buzzer technique", his non-applauding to Katie Palumbo After breaking his sequence and behavior that some called arrogant. (At one point, Jennings nicknamed him "show off," The US Sun reported.

Raut's publication on Facebook continued for several days. The commentators made more critical comments for the three -day winner, the fans calling him a winner and a painful loser, and asking him why he made the spectacle in the first place.

January 24, Danger! Legend Holzhauer also participated in the discussion. Tie a link to a Press article NBC Entitled "" Jeopardy! "Yogesh Raut field aims at the relevance of the game itself that he has won 3 times," wrote Holzhauer: "Whoever has already used social media to criticize Jeopardy or his producers should obtain a Lifetime a spectacle. ""

On the surface, the tweet can be read as if it was storing with the fans who are in the arms - but Twitter was divided on the true intention of Holzhauer.

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Holzhauer also criticized the game and its producers.

Mike Richards in a
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Holzhauer actually Express About previous Danger! producer and host Mike Richards In 2021, TV Insider reported. The departure of Richards came after Controversial comments He produced in 2013 and 2014 resurfaced, People reported. While Richards apologized for sexist and derogatory statements made on The Randumb Show Podcast, his fate was sealed thanks to additional discrimination allegations in the workplace and a trial accusing him of dismissal and unjustified reprisals while working on The price is correct .

In response to the news, Holzhauer tweeted on August 31, 2021: "Do I think the comments of Mike Richards' podcast were Appropriate for Polie Company ? No. But did he deserve the benefit of doubt for the work he did in danger? Also no. "His next tweet Included a gif from The Wizard of Oz From the song "Ding Dong! The witch is dead".

Holzhauer's latest tweet on Raut, however, was a little more cryptic - and the Twitter responses reflect this. A user called Raut a " toxic flipper , "while another said there were" many reasons "For Raut to get a life ban, because it was" physically unpleasant to watch it. ""

But TV Insider noted that some commentators thought some comments. No idea that Holzhauer had his own diatriber of social media V Danger . ""

Raut said the producers told him to act as he did.

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Holzhauer has not tweeted again since his comment on Raut, so the jury is always on the sincere that he was sincere. Meanwhile, Raut gave an interview to Buzzfeed News on his experience, double On what he said on Facebook. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"I have a master's degree in cinema and television studies. I know how a television program works. It's a business," said Raut at the point of sale. "Jeopardy is not good for the quiz." He added that he was faced with even more negativity Danger! on Facebook.

Previously called commentators "Racist" for having doubled him arrogant, saying to Buzzfeed News that he had been told behind the scenes of "moving the show", that is why he acted as he did. As for Holzhauer's tweet, Raut said he was not concerned about a life ban. He pointed out Buzzfeed on a apparently sarcastic letter he wrote to future questions, encouraging them to "turn off your love for learning" or you will be called "Knowing everything".

"Learn just enough not to appear threatening and devote the rest of your energy to cultivating a hobby which one day a casting director will judge" eccentric, but not too far-fetched "," wrote Raut.


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