Jeopardy!’s Mayim Bialik reveals show producers’ demands about her hosting style
JEOPARDY!’s Mayim Bialik revealed show producers’ demands about her hosting style in a new interview.
The actress explained to the Daily Beast how she was asked to “tone it down” by producers.
She said that gender played a big role in her hosting duties.
“I think as a woman there’s a special consideration because when women sound definitive or stern it’s a different message than when men sound definitive or stern. And a lot of times when people will say, ‘Oh, you sound like you think you know it all,’ I’ll think, ‘Gosh, that’s just because I’m using an affirmative voice,'” she told the outlet.
“One of the neat things about having a woman in this role is it’s bringing up a lot of questions about the labels we put on those things,” Mayim continued.
There have been complaints from fans about her hosting style and many have been rooting for Ken Jennings to be the permanent host.
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She admitted it is hard to keep her excitement down when a contestant answers a question right.
Because of that, Mayim was asked to “play it cool” and “tone it down” while hosting.
“One of my biggest challenges is I’m so impressed that people know the answers that they’ve asked me to tone down how excited I am when people get them right, which I think is a great note to get,” The Jeopardy! host said.
The backlash came when she first announced a round of Jeopardy! as Single Jeopardy!
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Double Jeopardy! has long been the name of the second round, but fans started to mock her when she mentioned the former.
“I will never do it again, even if it’s in the script. I will not say it,” Mayim told Yahoo Entertainment.
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Mayim is not one to dress to impress, so when she stepped out in bright colors and straightened her hair, fans were wondering if she or the producers changed her look.
Fans were excited, and praised the 46-year-old, for her new look.
She appeared in an oversized orange blazer and a brown dress with a tie at the waist.
Mayim left the blazer unbuttoned, instead of having it closed.
“Mayim looks fantastic- love her new look!” said one Jeopardy! fan.
Others said they “loved her hair like this” and that the style is “very cute.”
With Mayim’s comments about gender roles on the show, her new look may have been for ratings.
CALM DOWN KELLY
Mayim appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show on April 7 to talk about her new movie, As They Made Us.
However, she couldn’t go on the show and not talk about Jeopardy!.
Kelly Clarkson brought up her Single Jeopardy! flub and fans were not happy with her reaction.
“So wait, you recently called the first round ‘Single Jeopardy!’ instead of just Jeopardy! So how did people react to that?
When Mayim explained that the cue boards said Single Jeopardy! on them and no one stopped her, she figured she didn’t do anything wrong.
But then, she experienced backlash online when fans started tweeting that it didn’t exist.
The talk show host spoke up on the issue immediately saying there are more important things to worry about.
“I know it is important, but you almost just want to like start sending them real things that are happening, that are important, You know?” Kelly said.
Mayim just smiled and didn’t respond to her, but fans were not happy with Kelly’s comments.
“This comes off as condescending towards people who are just passionate about the show. Not that what they’re saying is necessarily incorrect because there are some bigger issues in the world,” said one fan online.
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Mayim will co-host Jeopardy! with Ken until the end of the season.
Jeopardy! airs weeknights at 7pm.
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