‘Racist’ Game Show Contestant Explains ‘Worst Pyramid Guess Of All-Time’
choking on my own tongue. pic.twitter.com/9VtRysTXEL
— bobby (@bobby) August 13, 2018
Whoops!
A ″$100,000 Pyramid” contestant made the flub of a lifetime when he associated former President Barack Obama with deceased terrorist Osama bin Laden.
With actor and “Saturday Night Live” alum Tim Meadows sitting across from him, contestant Evan Kaufman was given “People whose last name is Obama” as a subject.
After a heavy sigh, Kaufman let loose with “bin Laden” as his clue for Meadows.
As the clip went viral, Kaufman tweeted out a mea culpa explaining what he called “perhaps the most embarrassing moment of my life,” complete with a #KillMe hashtag:
So. This is me below. Racist $100,000 Pyramid Guy. Let me tell you the story about perhaps the most embarrassing moment of my life. #KillMe (Thread 1/13) https://t.co/CcyxnxXsC9
— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018
I was on $100,000 Pyramid. I’m playing with Tim Meadows, one of my heroes from SNL. My son had been born two weeks prior. I am very tired but excited to win money for my family. We play up the whole tired Dad thing. (2/13)
— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018
The producers of the show tell us beforehand, if we get to the final round, to study the questions VERY hard. “People misread them!” They say. They have no idea. (3/13)
— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018
I lose my first round. I think, oh well… no Pyramid for me. Then Meadows and I go on a run in the second round. We’re having fun, he’s cracking jokes! This is great. (4/13)
— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018
I make it to the final round. I remember what the producers said. I try and focus. READ THE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY. (5/13)
— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018
The first square flips. I breathe. I read “People Whose Last Name is Obama.” I freeze. There’s only one. BARACK OBAMA. The man I would have voted for three times*! (*H/T Jordan Peele) (6/13)
— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018
“Who else is a famous Obama?” My brain is racing. I need to list multiple people. I can’t just say Barack. What I should have said was, “Michelle, Sasha, Malia, Bo! The PORTUGUESE WATER DOG BO!” (7/13)
— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018
Here’s what my brain decided. Who is associated with Obama? Who did he kill? What sounds like Obama! (8/13)
— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018
And so you have this perfectly viral clip. A clip that is insanely funny. It would be so funny if it wasn’t me. The editing is impeccable. The little breath I take? I’m working so hard to get it right. (9/13)
— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018
But this just goes to show you that even a liberal Globalist Cuck like yours truly has some inherent racism lurking in my brain. What a disaster. (10/13)
— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018
What you don’t see in this clip is me, shocked, correcting myself and saying Barack. Tim gets the answer. We get stumped on Margarita a few questions later. Turns out Margarita is Tim Meadow’s Grandmother’s name. (11/13)
— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018
Tim feels bad he lost the money for me, because he's sweet. Kathy Najimy can't look me in the eye. I leave knowing that my day of reckoning is coming. Maybe they can cut it out? They can't... it's timed. (12/13)
— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018
I leave with $8500... and the story of the worst pyramid guess of all-time. (13/13 Fin)
— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018
Kaufman’s explanation earned him some support on Twitter, including this exchange with Questlove of the Roots and “The Tonight Show”:
*tears are in my eyes right now DYIN.....* (ONLY because i been in this position on the show I understand ALL THOUGHTS leave your head when you are in the winners circle....the day I shot someone couldn't name one Prince song lol) https://t.co/dLh7Qk9Gd2
— T'Questlove (@questlove) August 14, 2018
Oh. Hi @Questlove. Huge fan. I love your music. Your writing about Prince is so wonderful and helped me process his death. Oh by the way... this is 100% not how I wanted us to meet and I am now officialy dead. Please throw dirt on my grave.
— Evan Kaufman (@EvanKaufman) August 14, 2018
*shakes hand*
— T'Questlove (@questlove) August 14, 2018
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