'Jeopardy!' champion quits social media after drawing Hitler comparisons
foxnews.com"Jeopardy!" has a new winner on a hot streak this week with Brian Henegar. While Henegar, who works a normal job as a guest service agent in LaFollette, Tennessee, has emerged victorious twice so far on the hit game show, he's having a very different experience on social media after viewers began suggesting that his appearance is similar to that of Adolf Hitler.
In a Twitter thread he wrote on Tuesday, the night of his debut on the show, the champion said, "Right now I’m feeling every emotion under the sun reliving my Jeopardy!
appearance. And I’m seeing what a bunch of Jerks on Twitter are doing because all they can focus on [are] my looks… So I’m going to be leaving Twitter for a while, see you soon." When someone suggested he simply block the people who have been bullying him, he confirmed that his issue was with the Hitler comparisons, writing, "I would love to, but there are literally dozens of them comparing my appearance to one of the most evil human beings to ever defile the Earth...
and it's a lot when im already on such an emotional high from winning." "No one has ever said that to me before and it kind of got under my skin," Henegar admitted in another tweet.
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