“I’m sorry I desecrated an American institution,” the comedian said.
“I’m sorry I ripped your 7 p.m. linear TV pacifier out of your geriatric mouth.”
Celebrity Jeopardyfans weren’t exactly buzzing overHasan Minhaj’s eccentric performance this week.
Hasan Minhaj on ‘Celebrity Jeopardy’.Tyler Golden/ABC
Now Minhaj is attempting to make amends by issuing his deepest, most sincere apology… sort of.
“I’m sorry I desecrated an American institution.
I’m sorry I ripped your 7 p.m. linear TV pacifier out of your geriatric mouth.
And most importantly, I’m sorry for trying to makeJeopardyfun.”
“But you don’t know what that game does to you in the arena.”
“History will vindicate me,” he joked.
“I go, ‘Mayim, my clicker, my buzzer!
I’m buzzing in!’
She goes, ‘Your buzzer’s fine.’
I go, ‘You’re gaslighting me.’
She goes, ‘No, I’m not.’
I go, ‘You’re victim-blaming now.'”
“Jeopardyis like American elections,” he toldTonight Showhost Jimmy Fallon.
“There is no second or third place, so it incentivizes bad behavior.
If you’re second or third, you gotta give all the other contestants the smoke.
I gotta kamikaze-mission you.”
“And they’ve had 15,000 contestants on the show.
And Dr. Oz was a contestant.”
So, what did he learn?
“TV is all about expectations, and life is about expectations.
And when people watchJeopardy, they want to see a cerebral, quiet quiz show,” Minhaj said.
“But I need to go to a place where I’m celebrated.”
“I need to go to a place where the unhinged are accepted.
Where the eccentric are allowed.
Where cocaine consumption is encouraged,” he jokingly continued.
