SCRUBBED THE WRONG WAY Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik slammed for ‘nasty comment’ to Yian Chen for ‘ONLY being an anesthesiologist & not a doctor’

 

JEOPARDY! fans fumed after host Mayim Bialik made a "nasty comment" INSULTING a contestant's profession.

She called first-timer Yian Chen "only" an anesthesiologist and "not a doctor" in banter that flatlined.

 

Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik was slammed for a ‘nasty comment’ during Friday's episodeCredit: ABC

 

She joked that contestant Yian Chen was ‘just an anesthesiologist, not a surgeon’Credit: ABC

Dozens of fans were put off 

During the meet-and-greet portion of the April 1 gameshow episode, host Mayim dug into one player with less-than-impressive precision.

 

Contestant Yian, an anesthesiologist from Menlo Park, California, told a story about how he mastered a claw machine with his grandmother sweetly leading to "winning an iPod," and eventually, becoming a doctor

Mayim - hosting Season 38 when former contestant Ken Jennings isn't filling in - responded: 

 

“That’s pretty awesome, but you didn’t become a surgeon, just an anesthesiologist."

 

Then, seemingly trying to splice together the contestant's story with his line of work she joked: "So you’re not fully digging into things."

 

"No," Yian responded with a respectful laugh as a blazer-clad Mayim concluded their exchange by doing a claw motion dismissively.

 

"Wait, was Mayim just putting anesthesiologists down?" one Twitter user wondered.

 

"What a nasty comment towards his line of work," noted another.

 

Source: The Sun