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Lisa Ann Walter<\/strong><\/a> had a major OMG moment in Jeopardy!<\/em><\/a>\u2018s Tournament of Champions that left some viewers at home drop-jawed.<\/p>\n While competing against TJ Fisher<\/strong> and Mike Dawson<\/strong> on the Monday, January 26, episode, Walter, 62, got an answer wrong on clue 21, further plummeting her -$200 score. Host Ken Jennings<\/strong> informed her of the answer he was looking for, causing the Abbott Elementary<\/em> actress to shockingly utter, \u201cWhat the hell?\u201d<\/p>\n Some audience members could be heard gasping, and others laughed at the comment before the game continued. Many viewers flocked to social media to debate whether saying \u201chell\u201d during the episode was a big deal and if the word is even considered a curse.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s human. Shocker!\u201d one person wrote via X, while another echoed, \u201cOmg she\u2019s human.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDid not have Lisa Ann Walter casually breaking the Jeopardy!<\/em> decorum on my bingo card \ud83d\ude02,\u201d a third person wrote via the social media platform, while a fourth said, \u201c\ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude02 Hell isn\u2019t a curse word. She\u2019s a lovely person and a fantastic actress. Who cares if she did curse. So many other things that are going on are worse than hearing a curse word.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI dont think anyone actually cares about curse words,\u201d another person argued.<\/p>\n Other viewers took to Reddit to discuss Walter\u2019s comment following the episode.<\/p>\n \u201cHow do we feel about Lisa cursing?\u201d one Reddit user asked in a Jeopardy!<\/em> discussion thread on Monday, while another questioned, \u201cDid she say anything other than \u2018hell\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t give a f***,\u201d another person responded, while another admitted, \u201cI curse while watching so much; especially when a contestant gets a wrong response for some BS\u2026like answering \u2018What is Dark Side of the Moon?\u2019.. Sorry we were looking for What is THE Dark Side of the Moon\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n Elsewhere during the episode, Walter incorrectly guessed the answer to a Philadelphia-related sports question, which particularly stung considering her show Abbott Elementary<\/em> is based in the city<\/a>. (She previously told Philadelphia Magazine<\/em><\/a> in July 2025 that her chances of moving to Philly were \u201cpretty high.\u201d)<\/p>\n \u201cLisa Ann Walter not getting the Philly question on Jeopardy. Poetry,\u201d one person wrote via X, while another said, \u201cHow does Lisa Ann Walter get a Philly sports question wrong on Jeopardy. \ud83e\udd23.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShe said New Orleans, which has never even had a baseball team lol,\u201d a third person pointed out, while a fourth person remarked, \u201cIt was brutal. \ud83d\ude02.\u201d<\/p>\n Walter finished the episode with -$2,600, not qualifying for the Final Jeopardy. In the end, it was Fisher who won $15,199 and will be moving on to the semifinals. Despite the disappointing finish this time around, the Parent Trap<\/em> actress is already a champion, having won season 2 of Celebrity Jeopardy! in January 2024. She brought home the $1 million prize for the Entertainment Community Fund.<\/p>\n
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