Jeopardy! fans are stunned at host Ken Jennings' new hairstyle & champ Mattea Roach flaunts exotic t

April 2024 · 3 minute read

JEOPARDY! fans were stunned as Mattea Roach flaunted an EXOTIC arm tattoo and Ken Jennings debuted a new haircut.

The eight-day champ rolled up her sleeves quite literally on Thursday, shocking fans.

Ken currently splits hosting duties with actress Mayim Bialik, and returned this week to the delight of many.

And as some fans noticed on April 14th's episode, the heady Jeopardy! alum had a new haircut, as one wrote to Twitter: "@KenJennings has a new hairstyle."

But that wasn't all they noticed, as the user added: "And @mattearoach shows her scorpion tattoo. #jeopardy is wild tonight."

While Ken appeared to flaunt a more slicked-back style, dozens of fans noticed Canadian tutor Mattea's EXOTIC tattoo as she continued to sting the competiton.

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On Mattea's forearm was a huge scorpion visible for much of the game.

"I just noticed Mattea's arm tattoos tonight... so that's something," a viewer wrote.

Another penned: "a Scorpio with a Scorpio tattoo and glasses is running jeopardy ... just saying."

Going into tonight's episode, Mattea had $168K in earnings, starting the show with a clean sweep of a music category - and two of her SEVEN tattoos also happen to be music-inspired.

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TAT'S QUITE SOMETHING

Mattea has SEVEN tattoos including two LEG tattoos dedicated to the band The Talking Heads.

"So I have under both of my knees - on one leg I have 'same as it ever was' and on the other leg I have 'how did I get here' both from [the song] Once In A Lifetime," she explained during an earlier meet the contestants round.

"She has good taste in music! #Jeopardy," a viewer tweeted last week when she shared her ink.

"I have 7 tattoos! Good for Mattea~~knew I liked her! #Jeopardy," another fan wrote on the 23-year-old.

"I'm liking Mattea. For a young woman she's knows her classic rock. And a lot of other things. Plus cool Talking Heads tattoos. I'm rooting for her to go big," another gushed.

The Talking Heads are a critically respected band fronted by David Byrne.

Their Stop Making Sense live concert is ranked as the fourth-best concert movie ever by Rotten Tomatoes.

However, other critics have found the dominating player divisive and wish she would cover up some of her "many" off-the-cuff remarks between answers.

"Holy s**t Mattea stop trying to interact with the hosts like you’re friends. Answer the questions and move on we don’t need your annoying little side pieces," one fan fumed.

"Maybe if Mattea quit with the ad libs and awkward hand gestures she wouldn’t get so much s**t online," bashed another, though they seem to be in the minority.

WILL KEN INK OUT MAYIM?

Mayim and Ken started filling in as temporary hosts after Alex Trebek's tragic death in 2020.

Ken began with an average of 9.2 million views, surpassing Wheel of Fortune and other competing game show ratings, when he first hosted.

By the end of March, Mayim who subbed in soon after increased her viewers up to 5.7 million, but many fans were still begging Ken to take over full-time.

"I really wish Jeopardy would just say Ken is the new host and get this over with. That's clearly where this is going," one wrote tonight.

The Blossom actress announced that she and Ken will be finished hosting Jeopardy! in July 2022, when the yet-to-be-announced permanent host will take over.

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During yesterday's episode, however, fans fumed over the Final Jeopardy question from Ken about the "seven years war" that many felt was an "error."

Meanwhile the Canadian tatted tutor on a tear will attempt her ninth win tomorrow.


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