MAT-TOO MUCH?
Jeopardy! fans SLAM champ Mattea Roach for acting ‘cocky’ during historic streak as she wins 15th straight game
JEOPARDY! champ Mattea Roach has roasted her competition with her 15th straight win, but some fans are feeling the fatigue.
A few Twitter users ripped the 23-year-old Canadian and accused her of being cocky amid her historic streak.
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Canadian tutor Mattea continued to "school" the competition on Jeopardy! as she returned for her third week on April 25th.
As did potential pertinent host Ken Jennings, whom many want to take over for good.
"Oh thank god @KenJennings is still hosting @Jeopardy," one wrote this evening.
The Canadian contestant and hand-gesture-heavy champ continued to 'handily' win and make history - now well within the top 10 longest-running players EVER - but some fans called out her attitude over how she handled the "scarily intense" game.
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Up against Jessie Francis - a Georgia Mental health Therapist - and Michael Graff, a California mascot (the mascot of the season), at one point in the game even Ken had to point out how close things were.
Before one commercial break and during Double Jeopardy Jessie was BEATING Mattea with $7000 to her $6400.
“You are giving our champion a run for her money,” Ken noted.
"Jeopardy intense as hell tonight god damn," one fan wrote as the two were neck and neck.
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But once Mattea wagered $4000 - and won - a Daily Double that was about Canada, her hometown, it was all north from there.
Mattea ended the game with a massive $32,700 to Jessie and Michael's much lower $2000 and $1000 respectively.
Her grand total is now an enormous $357K, another Final Jeopardy that wasn't even close - last week the other contestants were in the negative and she even answered Final Jeopardy alone.
'TOO COCKY?'
Viewers were quick to respond, as one user fumed: "I really liked her at first. She's getting too cocky."
"Miss Mattea is getting kinda cocky," another agreed.
"I pray Mattea loses. I just can’t take the grimaces, the pithy comments & the hand flapping," harshly ripped a third.
One wrote: "Bring back the 5-day limit. Again it gets old watching somebody with vastly more buzzer experience blow past their opponents. (Yes, you have to know the answer and Mattea is very good. That's not the point.)"
A commenter added: "I'm currently watching Jeopardy and I'm tired of seeing Mattea Roach! They need to go back to the 5 day limit."
The game famously had a 5-game win limit in the 2000s, after which a champ - like Brad Rutter - would qualify for the Tournament of Champions and exit.
Another clapped back, however, that she's making for good TV: "Mattea is not cocky. And there's nothing wrong with being quirky."
"I don’t want Mattea to ever lose Jeopardy. She is a treasure," gushed another.
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A music fan with a septum piercing and wire-rimmed glasses, Mattea is a hand-wave away from being a household name.
The now 'super-champ' as Jeopardy! described, has SEVEN tattoos including two LEG tattoos dedicated to the band The Talking Heads, and frequently thrives in music categories.
When she won her first game two weeks ago, she even exclaimed her "student loans are paid off!"
Meanwhile, Ken also seems to be a fan, as when Mattea gets a question right, the alum replies, "good."
And when Mattea shared an off-set celebration from LA's In-N-Out Burger on Twitter, Ken and wrote: "If this is the In-n-Out on Venice, I’ve been going here after @Jeopardy off and on for 18 years. Solid choice."
Mayim Bialik 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 Mayim, who subbed in soon after and averaged her viewers at 5.7million.
Many fans are begging Ken to take over full-time, as one wrote earlier: "I really wish Jeopardy would just say Ken is the new host and get this over with. That's clearly where this is going."
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Blossom actress Mayim announced that she and when the yet-to-be-announced permanent host will take over.
Mattea will attempt her 16th win tomorrow.
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