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Ike Barinholtz, Simu Liu and Iliza Shlesinger faced disconnected successful the archetypal semi last contention of Celebrity Jeopardy!, Sunday. While the lucifer for foundation was affable and filled with laughs, determination were a fewer awkward moments, starting with a question astir ethnicity.
The hint was: “October is the past period for this Asian-American taste radical that includes Olivia Rodrigo and Jo Koy.”
Barinholtz replied, “What are Filipinos?”
While big Mayim Bialick awarded Barinholtz the money, his reply did not beryllium good with Liu.
“What bash you mean, ‘what are Filipinos?’” Liu asked. “What bash you mean by that, Ike?”
“Oh my God, that's not what I meant,” Barinholtz stammered successful response. “You person to reply successful the signifier of a question.”
“What?’” Liu quoted. He implied that the determiner connection “what” should beryllium replaced with “who.”
Liu turned to the different contestant Iliza Shlesinger and asked, “Did you perceive him? I heard him.”
The astir communal societal absorption from viewers was positive, arsenic astir radical saw that it was conscionable good-natured ribbing and laughed along. That being said, Liu was playing for the foundation Stop AAPI Hate. He stated that, arsenic an Asian, helium is “deeply passionate” astir stamping retired racism.
Some viewers of AAPI descent appreciated Liu’s stance, adjacent if it was successful a comedic fashion. He besides managed to rise an further $50,000 successful donations for his foundation and get a fewer laughs on the way.
The laughs kept coming, arsenic aboriginal successful the crippled the celebrities were asked, "This artillery mascot that's been going and going since the precocious 1980s has entered the Oxford English Dictionary to mean thing oregon idiosyncratic persistent."
“Who is the Duracell Rabbit?” comedian Iliza Shlesinger responded.
The close reply was the Energizer Bunny. Shlesinger was truthful upset by her effect that she wouldn’t fto it go.
“Duracell?” she exclaimed. “The Duracell Rabbit? Am I from Mars? Who has adjacent said ‘Duracell’ successful the past decade?”
And overmuch similar the Energizer Bunny, Shelesinger’s absorption kept going…and going… and going, adjacent erstwhile everyone other was acceptable to determination on.
Before Mayim could springiness the adjacent hint for “Brain Surgeon's Terminology,” Shlesinger shouted, “Oh! I request encephalon surgery!”
Celebrity Jeopardy! airs Sundays astatine 8 p.m. connected ABC.
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