Jeopardy! ‘s latest buzzy champion, Drew Basile , is opening up about his experience of playing the much-loved game in a new installment of the Rob Has a Podcast podcast. During a candid conversation with fellow Survivor vets, Rob Cesternino and Stephen Fishbach, Basile addressed his polarizing run on Jeopardy! as well as qualifying for the Tournament of Champions. As fans will recall , Basile came to the end of a seven-game winning streak on Friday, June 28 after accumulating $129,601 in prize money.
It was Basile’s passionate responses to his wins that elicited strong fan reactions, both negative and positive. In his Rob Has a Podcast appearance, Basile said of the polarizing reactions and commentary, “It was kind of a little bit muted compared to some of the hate you get from Survivor .” In other words, he wasn’t that bothered.
Basile proceeded to call the negative comments “incoherent,” noting that “the negative people...
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It’s hard to be that outraged when it’s a completely incoherent message.” Still, he admitted, “I was kind of a polarizing figure on Jeopardy! ” and Basile attributed that to the fact that most competitors dedicate themselves to education and learning. “They have so much poise, and they’re all dressed up to encourage those best qualities of politeness and rectitude, .