‘Jeopardy’ champ apologizes to past married winners for mistake

A Peril Champion apologizes to the other winners of the media Kerfuffle that his victory inspired.

Jason Singer, who won the emblematic game show on Tuesday and the episodes on Wednesday, was the subject of speeches in the Peril Community after several media has wrongly reported that he had taken a new step in the show. Since his wife, Susan McMillan, has previously won Peril In 2021, some publications said they were the first married players to both won the show after making the knot.

However, multiple Peril The winners who are also married to former winners spoke online, noting that several other couples had already obtained the same distinction. The singer offered her sincere apologies to the previous winners married in a press release Weekly entertainment.

“After hearing other players via Facebook that there had been a handful of champions previously married, I felt terribly,” started Singer. “We have always said to the media and other people that it was anecdotal and that” Jeopardy! “did not follow this statistic.” (Indeed, a representative for Peril confirmed that the program does not keep recordings of the matrimonial statutes of the players.)

“I love” Jeopardy! “And people who love and participate in” Jeopardy! And would never want to harm them or reduce their achievements in any way, “wrote Singer. “On these two fronts, I obviously intervened here.”

The singer specifically apologized to Kristin Sausville, a Peril Alum which won the program five times in 2015 and was married to Justin Sausville, who won six episodes in 2011.

“Kristin Sausville and all the other championships and championship couples deserve all the applause in the world because winning” Jeopardy! “This means that you are an interesting, curious and committed human who worked very hard and has occurred incredibly under a lot of pressure,” wrote Singer. “In addition, Kristin and her husband won several times and qualified for the Champions Tournament, which is even more impressive!”

The singer noted that he had already contacted Sausville directly and tried to correct the story surrounding her victory.

“In addition to requesting corrections and clarifications of all the media with whom I spoke, I also contacted Kristin on Facebook and I apologized personally and I gave her my mobile phone number if she always wanted to speak,” he wrote. “I am sad for her and for anyone who felt decreased by our media coverage, but I hope she attracts the attention she won, as for all the other couples that have already been.”

The two -day champion also proposed a new iteration of the show which could bring all the victorious couples of the show – who could also include the married winners Dan Pawson and Andrea Saenz, David Rigsby and Ryan Alley, and Amy Stephenson and Scott Bateman.

“I sincerely hope that one day there is a couples tournament for all the couples who have managed to endanger, so she and others have the chance to come back and get even more crazy, recognition and even more likely to show their incredible minds,” wrote Singer.

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The winner concluded his remarks with admiration for Peril Alums and fans.

“I am really grateful to be a small part of such a special, loving and shiny community, and I hope that by apologizing and trying to correct the disc, I took a small step towards the healing that I hurt,” wrote Singer.

The singer’s third appearance on Peril will be broadcast Thursday evening.