JEOPARDY! contestant Isaac Hirsch has revealed that his recent winning streak unexpectedly made him a smash hit with "the gays" in a wild new interview. The nine-day champ shared on the What is..
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It's no secret that viewers adored Isaac more than the average player for his comedic Q&A stories, mustache, and '70s fashion A-game. But apparently, and despite his stating he had a longtime girlfriend on the show, he attracted a certain fan base which even fewer players can boast - gay Twitter. During the new interview, podcast hosts Emily Heller and John Cullen mentioned Isaac became a "low-key gay icon" from the game show.
Read more on Jeopardy! 'COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED' "It was maybe the most surprising part of all of it," Isaac said. "Because I've been out in public, and as far as I know, I've never been hit on." "So to see the gays be so thirsty and complimentary of me - deeply flattering but also completely unexpected.
"I don't know what you'd call me - am I a twink?" he joked. Most read in Game shows "I'm currently undergoing twink death; lot of grey hairs lately," relenting, "I'm a gay icon now." Isaac hinted he was getting a lot of attention from LBGTQ+ Jeopardy! fans as his streak was airing.
He wrote on X in July, "My big takeaway from this past week is that if.