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‘Jeopardy!’ Legend Ken Jennings Responds to Heated Twitter Debate: ‘You Have the Patience of a Saint’

“Jeopardy!” legend Ken Jennings has a strong presence on social media. He enjoys sharing his witticisms, reflections, and memes. But sometimes he uses the platform to try to calm heated debates between various social media users.

Recently, Jennings responded to two users on Twitter. They had engaged in a virtual argument over what constitutes gender identity. One user shared their own belief on what gender was in response to another user’s ideology.

Twitter user Jesse Thorn wrote, “A person’s gender is a complicated set of brain processes that result in an identity, which they can understand and state as a pre-schooler. Haircuts and clothes are a way to communicate that identity to the world, generally to stay safe and prevent having to explain oneself.”

Thorn’s original tweet garnered a number of reactions online to which he responded to many.

In response to that tweet, Jennings jumped into the foray. Rather than share his own opinion, Jennings offered words of encouragement instead. He wrote, “You have the patience of a saint with this stuff.”

Ken Jennings and Social Media

Jennings may have shown off his quick trivia and reasoning skills on “Jeopardy!” but the former game show contestant and host continues to demonstrate his quick wit on Twitter. When he’s not commenting in heated debates, Jennings often uses the platform to show off his funny side.

He’ll offer quick side-splitting comments or provide new insight into his own personal life. For instance, Jennings may have first rose to fame for winning 74 consecutive games of “Jeopardy!.” But he thinks his wife could beat his record. In a hilarious tweet, Jennings mused that his wife Mindy may have stronger trivia skills than even him.

He wrote, “I couldn’t remember the name of the 2 fake street gangs on The Shield just now, and when I texted my wife she knew BOTH of them. So she could maybe win 75+ Jeopardys is what I’m saying.”

The couple share two children Dylan, who is 19, and Caitlin, who is 15. The game show host also confessed that his children didn’t much care for seeing their old man on “Jeopardy!” as either contestant or host.

In response to a fan, he joked that his children get weepy when he forces them to watch his episodes. Jennings doesn’t mind poking fun at himself or making his own life the subject of his jokes. Overall, he enjoys having a bit of fun on social media and also uses the platform for a variety of functions.